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   Kenneth to usenet@soleSPAMLESSassociates.com   
   Re: Date record viewed...?   
   04 Apr 07 09:41:48   
   
   From: usenet@soleSPAMLESSassociates.com   
      
   On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:15:03 -0400, Kenneth   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   >Howdy,   
   >   
   >I added a date field (called ViewDate) to a particular table   
   >because I want a form that displays that table to behave in   
   >the following way:   
   >   
   >I wanted ViewDate to display today() whenever a record was   
   >viewed (whether or not it was modified.)   
   >   
   >The form is set up so that the cursor goes to a LastName   
   >field when the form opens, and so, on the arrive of that   
   >field, I just put in a line of code to modify ViewDate.   
   >   
   >I set the arrive of LastName simply as:   
   >   
   >edit()   
   >ViewDate = today()   
   >endEdit()   
   >   
   >but then saw that I was in a continuous loop of locking, and   
   >unlocking the record.   
   >   
   >What is the proper way to approach this?   
   >   
   >Sincere thanks,   
      
   Hello again,   
      
   I experimented further (with dataArriveRecord), and seem to   
   have it working now... Thanks,   
   --   
   Kenneth   
      
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