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    on change function

    I have a field called callstat, combo box, When user selects not interested, i want to write to a field. whatever the fields current value +1. The field that will hold the count is "noint" numeric.
    So if "noint" is 5, and the user is calling the client again and still get no intrested, "noint" will have 1 added making it 6.
    https://www.housingeducator.org
    k3srg
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    #2
    Re: on change function

    Hi Steven. What seems to be the problem you're having?

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      #3
      Re: on change function

      not sure how to make a field +1 i'm making a call list that when user enters not interested it adds the value of +1 to noint. So if current value of noint is 0 choosing not interested in the combo would change the value of noint +1 making the new value 1 and each time user reselects not intrested the +1 would then just add 1 to noint. It's just a counting field not sure how to set this up

      I'm going to use on change with an if statement
      https://www.housingeducator.org
      k3srg

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        #4
        Re: on change function

        In pseudo code:

        [ on change event script ]

        - get "text" property of the combo control
        - if it's "Not Interested" then
        --- get the "text" property of the control displaying NoInt
        --- convert to numeric
        --- increment it
        --- assign it back to the text property of the noInt control
        --- save the record
        -end the if code block

        If the "text" property of the NoInt control is empty your script should assign a 1 to the control.

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          #5
          Re: on change function

          So should i just use a text field instead of a numeric field
          https://www.housingeducator.org
          k3srg

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            #6
            Re: on change function

            Steve, there are lots of ways to do this. Would not surprise me if there's an easier (more efficient) way than I've described. My primary purpose in writing was to give you an outline you could begin to work with, rather than feed you a completed script. Exercise is good for us, right? -- tom

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              #7
              Re: on change function

              absolutly i've just been starting a little xbasic with this new db and finding i can make things work just how i want them to. I'm going to play today and see if i can make this work the steps are logical, now i just need to lay them out step by step and keep testing. thanks for the insite tom
              https://www.housingeducator.org
              k3srg

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                #8
                Re: on change function

                Steven,
                If the field value will be involved in mathmatical functions, then it should be numeric. If you are just incrementing the value, then a character field works well with increment_value() function. The only caution is that if you might need to go backwards, say from 4 to 3, there is no immediate function for this for character and you would have to convert it to numeric, subtract, then convert back to character with str(val(fieldvalue)-1).
                Mike W
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                "I rebel in at least small things to express to the world that I have not completely surrendered"

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                  #9
                  Re: on change function

                  WOW mike that just MIND F'd me. LOL i'm a nueb can you dumb that down just a little
                  I was looking at the increment_value() function now i just need to play with it and see what i can make it do and how to use it.
                  https://www.housingeducator.org
                  k3srg

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                    #10
                    Re: on change function

                    Steve,
                    Sorry. I get ahead of myself. There are three separate functions that I presented:
                    1- increment_value() ' increments a value (e.g. A->B or 1-> 2)
                    2- val() 'Changes the character value to numeric value ("4" -> 4)
                    3- str() 'Changes the numeric value to a character value (4 -> "4")

                    Look these up in the documentation for more parameters and broader understanding. They are good basic, mainstay functions to start with. Then begin to understand that you can string functions together to achieve an outcome, which is the one I ended with str(val(fieldvalue)-1), which
                    convert it to numeric, str(val(fieldvalue)-1),
                    subtract: str(val(fieldvalue)-1),
                    then convert back to character: str(val(fieldvalue)-1),
                    Mike W
                    __________________________
                    "I rebel in at least small things to express to the world that I have not completely surrendered"

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                      #11
                      Re: on change function

                      Why not:
                      noint.value=noint.value+1

                      P.S.
                      Steve, please tell your workers, especially "Dewayne", to stop calling me about refinancing my mortgage. I am certainly noint X 50.
                      No offense, but I just don't have a mortgage to refinance.

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                        #12
                        Re: on change function

                        My company isn't calling anyone they have been shut down, and my company was foreclosure assitance. No Dewayne ever worked for me.
                        https://www.housingeducator.org
                        k3srg

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                          #13
                          Re: on change function

                          Just kiddin...

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