Comments on: The Secret Life of Find Mode: Dates and Times http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/find-mode-dates-and-times/ smart business solutions Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:10:42 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tracy http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/find-mode-dates-and-times/comment-page-1/#comment-2112 Tracy Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:40:13 +0000 http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/find-mode-dates-and-times/#comment-2112 You guys at SFR totally rock! You have the answer for everything and always explain things so I understand. Thanks for the date tips and for solving my latest programming dilemma! You guys at SFR totally rock! You have the answer for everything and always explain things so I understand. Thanks for the date tips and for solving my latest programming dilemma!

]]> By: Michael http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/find-mode-dates-and-times/comment-page-1/#comment-2027 Michael Sat, 15 Jan 2011 18:09:44 +0000 http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/find-mode-dates-and-times/#comment-2027 Amazing! I found all of my CDs that were recorded in the month of August regardless of year. Now I want to sort that list by Date. Sort seems to only ascend/descend by year. How can I get it to sort by dates (within August, regardless of year)? Amazing! I found all of my CDs that were recorded in the month of August regardless of year. Now I want to sort that list by Date. Sort seems to only ascend/descend by year. How can I get it to sort by dates (within August, regardless of year)?

]]> By: intizar http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/find-mode-dates-and-times/comment-page-1/#comment-1800 intizar Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:33:14 +0000 http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/find-mode-dates-and-times/#comment-1800 hi, all, i am using file maker pro 10 , i need to write such a script , that will find through a field named call reminder , the script will find in all the records that which records has the todays date, it is kindd like call reminder , i have different field for call time,the script will match the current date and will show the dialog box having the name of clients with time to be called. hi, all, i am using file maker pro 10 , i need to write such a script , that will find through a field named call reminder , the script will find in all the records that which records has the todays date, it is kindd like call reminder , i have different field for call time,the script will match the current date and will show the dialog box having the name of clients with time to be called.

]]> By: Lano http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/find-mode-dates-and-times/comment-page-1/#comment-1723 Lano Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:00:39 +0000 http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/find-mode-dates-and-times/#comment-1723 I used the following script to find the seven most recent records: Enter Browse Mode [] Show All Records Sort Records [Restore; No dialog] #Sort in descending order Go to Record/Request/Page [No dialog;8] #Select the 8th record Omit Multiple Records [No dialog; Get(FoundCount) - 7 I used the following script to find the seven most recent records:

Enter Browse Mode []
Show All Records
Sort Records [Restore; No dialog]
#Sort in descending order
Go to Record/Request/Page [No dialog;8]
#Select the 8th record
Omit Multiple Records [No dialog; Get(FoundCount) – 7

]]> By: Lano http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/find-mode-dates-and-times/comment-page-1/#comment-1721 Lano Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:14:06 +0000 http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/find-mode-dates-and-times/#comment-1721 Wow! thank you very much! This works very well. What if I had multiple instances of 1 or more dates? How can I find the most recent of 7 records where the date is unique? Is this possible? Thanks again, Lano Wow! thank you very much! This works very well. What if I had multiple instances of 1 or more dates? How can I find the most recent of 7 records where the date is unique? Is this possible?

Thanks again,

Lano

]]> By: Geoff Coffey http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/find-mode-dates-and-times/comment-page-1/#comment-1720 Geoff Coffey Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:19:15 +0000 http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/find-mode-dates-and-times/#comment-1720 Lano: You can do what you want with a sort and an omit: <ol> <li>Sort by the date field in descending order.</li> <li>Go to the <em>8th</em> record.</li> <li>Choose Records -> Omit Multiple</li> <li>Enter a number bigger than your found set</li> <li>When FileMaker complains, let it enter the total remaining records for you</li> <li>Click Omit</li> </ol> Now you'll be looking at the seven most recent records. You could script this process too with the Sort and Omit Multiple script steps. Geoff Lano:

You can do what you want with a sort and an omit:

  1. Sort by the date field in descending order.
  2. Go to the 8th record.
  3. Choose Records -> Omit Multiple
  4. Enter a number bigger than your found set
  5. When FileMaker complains, let it enter the total remaining records for you
  6. Click Omit

Now you’ll be looking at the seven most recent records. You could script this process too with the Sort and Omit Multiple script steps.

Geoff

]]> By: Lano http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/find-mode-dates-and-times/comment-page-1/#comment-1718 Lano Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:43:56 +0000 http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/find-mode-dates-and-times/#comment-1718 This is a very helpful discussion. I've learned a lot, but I can't figure out how to find the most recent 7 (or other number) of a series of dated records. Can someone help me with this? Thanks so much. This is a very helpful discussion. I’ve learned a lot, but I can’t figure out how to find the most recent 7 (or other number) of a series of dated records. Can someone help me with this?

Thanks so much.

]]> By: Jenifer Bracewell http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/find-mode-dates-and-times/comment-page-1/#comment-1016 Jenifer Bracewell Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:04:56 +0000 http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/find-mode-dates-and-times/#comment-1016 Good article! My issue is that everything has to work in IWP! I I've found that in IWP I have to use the Enter Find Mode / Set field method for it to perform finds reliably. When I try to set a field to something like ..//, FM gives me an error [ie. This number could not be evaluated.]. What I need is to find all records prior to the current date. And like Wade's, all this has to run by the click of a button. Any ideas on how to do this in IWP? Thanks Good article! My issue is that everything has to work in IWP! I

I’ve found that in IWP I have to use the Enter Find Mode / Set field method for it to perform finds reliably. When I try to set a field to something like ..//, FM gives me an error [ie. This number could not be evaluated.].

What I need is to find all records prior to the current date. And like Wade’s, all this has to run by the click of a button. Any ideas on how to do this in IWP?

Thanks

]]> By: Geoff Coffey http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/find-mode-dates-and-times/comment-page-1/#comment-930 Geoff Coffey Thu, 03 Jan 2008 21:20:22 +0000 http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/find-mode-dates-and-times/#comment-930 @wade: You can use <code>//</code> for the current date and <code>..//</code> for everything <em>up to</em> the current date. But I don't know of a shortcut for "just this month". But in a case like this, you can always revert to the more explicit method. For instance, use a script like this: <pre><code>Enter Find Mode [] Set Field [My Date Field, Month(Get(CurrentDate)) & "/" & Year(Get(CurrentDate))] Perform Find []</code></pre> In this example, I use FileMaker's calculation engine to construct a find that looks like this: <code>1/2008</code> which means "Any day in January of this year." Hope this helps :) Geoff @wade: You can use // for the current date and ..// for everything up to the current date. But I don’t know of a shortcut for “just this month”.

But in a case like this, you can always revert to the more explicit method. For instance, use a script like this:

Enter Find Mode []
Set Field [My Date Field, Month(Get(CurrentDate)) & "/" & Year(Get(CurrentDate))]
Perform Find []

In this example, I use FileMaker’s calculation engine to construct a find that looks like this: 1/2008 which means “Any day in January of this year.”

Hope this helps :)

Geoff

]]> By: Wade Wofford http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/find-mode-dates-and-times/comment-page-1/#comment-929 Wade Wofford Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:59:39 +0000 http://sixfriedrice.com/wp/find-mode-dates-and-times/#comment-929 This is great - thanks for the valuable community service! Is there a way to pull any record dated/changed in the *current* month. So if I ran a report on January 12th, it would give me Jan 1 > 12 (of the current year)...and if I ran the same report on January 31st, it would give me the entire month... If the above is not possible, I could always pull it by all values in the past 31 days. I'm trying to avoid this, as a report ran on Feb.28 gives me some of January. Bear in mind, this list-pull will be part of a script, that's connected to a button. Some folks that I work with who don't know how to use FM at all will use this script by pressing the button that automates it. Any ideas on how to get these results, without them having to type in anything? This is great – thanks for the valuable community service!

Is there a way to pull any record dated/changed in the *current* month. So if I ran a report on January 12th, it would give me Jan 1 > 12 (of the current year)…and if I ran the same report on January 31st, it would give me the entire month…

If the above is not possible, I could always pull it by all values in the past 31 days. I’m trying to avoid this, as a report ran on Feb.28 gives me some of January.

Bear in mind, this list-pull will be part of a script, that’s connected to a button. Some folks that I work with who don’t know how to use FM at all will use this script by pressing the button that automates it.

Any ideas on how to get these results, without them having to type in anything?

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