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Auto-update fields. How do I use this feature?

3/9/2008 2:36:34 PM
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Fawaz author

One of the features in version 4.2 is: "Auto-update fields. Automatically insert a value into field every time record is updated (UpdateBy, UpdateTime, IP address of user etc)".
How do I use this feature? Where can I reach it?

I just downloaded 4.2 but couldn't find any screen related to it.

Could you please advise?

Thanks.

Fawaz

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vytb 3/9/2008

One of the features in version 4.2 is: "Auto-update fields. Automatically insert a value into field every time record is updated (UpdateBy, UpdateTime, IP address of user etc)".

How do I use this feature? Where can I reach it?

I just downloaded 4.2 but couldn't find any screen related to it.

Could you please advise?

Thanks.

Fawaz


It's just an old 'default value' feature (used now() for date or else). Now it's available on both add and edit pages (checkbox). That's new. I find it very useful because you avoid writing events.

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Fawaz author 3/9/2008

It's just an old 'default value' feature (used now() for date or else). Now it's available on both add and edit pages (checkbox). That's new. I find it very useful because you avoid writing events.


I'm still unable to find it.

From where (or how) do I reach this checkbox?

Thanks

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vytb 3/9/2008

You chose the field in the visual editor, you click 2 times, chose 'edit as', and you see this checkbox as well as the original field to enter the value (for ex., now()).

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Fawaz author 3/10/2008

You chose the field in the visual editor, you click 2 times, chose 'edit as', and you see this checkbox as well as the original field to enter the value (for ex., now()).


This feature is already existed in 4.1. In fact, I compared between 4.1 and 4.2 "edit as" pages, and they are completely same.

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vytb 3/10/2008



This feature is already existed in 4.1. In fact, I compared between 4.1 and 4.2 "edit as" pages, and they are completely same.


Not at all. You missed the absence/presence of this famous checkbox besides the field to include default value. At least, it's what I see in my 4.1 and 4.2.