3 Replies Latest reply on Oct 21, 2009 9:19 AM by philmodjunk

    omit from search records older than 6 months

    armen
    armen Oct 17, 2009 10:33 AM

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      omit from search records older than 6 months

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      hi, i'd like to include a button on my form that after a search has been run, it will omit all records that have been timestamped as not modified for over 6 months. How do i do this calculation?

       

      Thanks

      Armen. 

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        • 1. Re: omit from search records older than 6 months
          philmodjunk
          philmodjunk Oct 19, 2009 9:06 AM (in response to armen)
            

          Enter Find Mode []

          Set Field [YourTable::YourTimeStampField; "< " & Date ( Day (get (currentdate)); Month(get (currentdate))-6; Year(get(currentdate))]

          Constrain Found Set

          • 2. Re: omit from search records older than 6 months
            armen
            armen Oct 21, 2009 7:15 AM (in response to armen)
              

            Hi Phil, thanks for that. I'm a bit of a novice so not too sure what im doing wrong. I've pasted that into a script in the specify calculation section and amended it with my table name and timestamp field --->

             

            Enter Find Mode []

            Set Field [Contact Management::Timestamp_Modified; "< " & Date ( Day (get (currentdate)); Month(get (currentdate))-6; Year(get(currentdate))]

            Constrain Found Set

             

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            when i click ok its highlighting "enter find mode" then telling me the specified table cannot be found, where do i specify the table?

             

            thanks

            armen.

            • 3. Re: omit from search records older than 6 months
              philmodjunk
              philmodjunk Oct 21, 2009 9:19 AM (in response to armen)
                 As these are lines of a script, you can't paste them into a specify calculation dialog. You have to use script manager to create the script one line at a time. You can copy and paste the expression: "< " & Date ( Day (get (currentdate)); Month(get (currentdate))-6; Year(get(currentdate)) into the specify calculation dialog for the Set Field script step.