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JeffMickelsen
Qrew Cadet
8 years ago

How can I add a button to load the current date-time to a field

I need to add a button to my form that will load the current timestamp into a field on my form. I think I understand how to use the Dynamic Form Rules to load the value in the finely, but I can't figu...
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ROBERTSACHS
Qrew Cadet
8 years ago
I'm using the latter form.  
Last question:  I need a carriage return after ToText(Today()).  What is the coding for that?
  • ROBERTSACHS's avatar
    ROBERTSACHS
    Qrew Cadet
    8 years ago
    I figured it out.  Thanks.
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    ROBERTSACHS
    Qrew Cadet
    8 years ago
    actually, I didn't. I thought I could use "%0D%0A" but that does not work.
  • QuickBaseCoachD's avatar
    QuickBaseCoachD
    Qrew Captain
    8 years ago
    The Carriage Return character is backslash n

    So

    "\n"

    This will go to edit mode,

    var text URLTWO = URLRoot() & "db/" & Dbid()
    & "?a=er&rid=" & ToText([RecordID#]);