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- From: geoffb@coos.dartmouth.edu (Geoff Bronner)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.databases
- Subject: Re: Another FileMaker Pro question
- Message-ID: <1992Aug15.213459.13281@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 15 Aug 92 21:34:59 GMT
- References: <1992Aug14.090939.14131@nntp.uoregon.edu>
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- In <1992Aug14.090939.14131@nntp.uoregon.edu> srussell@cie.uoregon.edu (Steven Russell) writes:
-
- >Ok, here's another question: I want to be able to create a field
- >that adds values from two other fields. If field "A" contains the
- >value 20, and field "B" contains 17, I want my proposed field to
- >become 37. So far, this is trivial, but I would like this same field
- >to be selectable for manual data entry if both fields "A" and "B" are
- >undefined. If this is not possible, I will settle for having the
- >field be selectable for data entry without depending on the values in
- >fields "A" and "B". Is this possible, or am I asking too much? I've
- >looked through the manual for help with this, but haven't found a way
- >to make it work.
-
- The only way you could do this would be to define your proposed field as a
- calculation field, let the calculation run, and thenb redefine it as a
- number field. But you would have to re-run the calculation on an irregular
- basis.
-
- -Geoff
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