Dialog box and @SetField

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I have a dialog box with 2 fields, one for input and one for input history. I try to copy the data in the inputfield and append it to the existing data in the history field.

For each new input I also want to create a date for the new input. My code fails, and I don’t understand why. What’s wrong?

Code:

TempVar1:=“”;

TempVar2:=@Now;

@Set(“TempVar1”;HistOutput);

@SetField (“HistOutput”; TempVar1+@NewLine+TempVar2);

@Set(“TempVar1”;HistOutput);

@SetField (“HistOutput”; TempVar1+@NewLine+HistInput);

@Command([RefreshParentNote]);

@Command([RefreshWindow]);

@Command([RefreshHideFormulas])

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Subject: Dialog box and @SetField

You’ll need to convert @Now to a textual value to combine with other text - ie TempVar2 := @Text(@Now));

hth

Tony

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Subject: RE: Dialog box and @SetField

Thanks Tony this fixed that part, but the part to append new information to the existing still don’t work.

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Subject: Dialog box and @SetField

Do not store dates in text form; different users may have different settings for date/time formatting, resulting in a mix of different formats as different people edit the document. You should use two different multivalue fields – one for the list of dates, and one for the list of comments. I’ve posted links elsewhere in this forum to a design library that contains a subform showing exactly how to manage such lists.

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Subject: Dialog box and @SetField

Here is another variation which will number the text input, add the user name and the date:

Editable field…Input

@If(@IsDocBeingSaved; “”; Input)

Computed field…InputHistory

DEFAULT InputHistory := “”;

DEFAULT EditCounter := 0;

FIELD EditCounter := @If(@IsDocBeingSaved & Input != “”; EditCounter + 1; EditCounter);

@If(@IsDocBeingSaved & Input != “”; @NewLine + @Text(EditCounter) + " : " + @Text(@Today) + " " + @Name([CN]; @UserName) + " : " + @NewLine + Input + @NewLine + “___________________________” + @NewLine + InputHistory; InputHistory)