Re: Question about default date in forms

Posted in 1996

Alan Denney — Thu, 26 Sep 1996 02:50:13 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <52bok1$adk@nic.global-one.no>, Nils Myklebust <Nils.Myklebust@idg.no> wrote: >louislam@iastate.edu (Louis C Lam) wrote: >:I have a 4GL Form with a field to fill in a date, but I would like >:it to automatically enter a default value of TODAY + 7 (a week from >:today). The date may also need to be modified if TODAY +7 happens >:to be a holiday. > >: day1 = formonly.day1 type date, >: default = TODAY + 7; >:but it gives me an error. If I just use "default = TODAY" it works just >:fine. > >Yes. Set your default in your 4GL code before you enter the input >statement, and use without defaults in that statement. Or, set it in a BEFORE FIELD <first field> clause, e.g. BEFORE FIELD firstfld LET rec.datefld = today + 7 DISPLAY BY NAME rec.datefld -- Alan Denney aland@informix.com Kia toa, e nga Mango! "Folks, we now embark on a great crusade: to stamp out runaway decency in the West." -- Hedley Lamarr