[Brian]

Ok, I am able to do that. But, can I have the default date in that field be
the current date instead of a specific date?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

No, no. Insert a Text Form Field (just as you were doing before) and select
Date rather than Current Date as the field type.

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"Brian" wrote in message
...
I tried that, but when I choose Insert | Field and select Date then
protect
the form, users are unable to get into the Date field if they need to
change
it. Let me explain my situation so as maybe to clarify what I am trying to
do. I am creating a form that is used to evaluate employees. The Date
field
on the form must reflect the date that the eval was done. However, the
form
may be completed on a future date. Therefore, if someone is evaluated on
10/4, but the form is not completed until 10/6, the date needs to read
10/4,
not 10/6.

Is there anyway to insert that date automatically but also allow the user
to
change it if need be? Every option I've tried seems to lock the field.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I mean that you choose Date as the form field type instead of Current
Date.

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"Brian" wrote in message
...
I can't use a Current Date field if it cannot be changed. What do you
mean
by
"a Date type of Text Form Field?" Is that when you enter a text field
and
then basically just format it to be a date?

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

It would appear that you can either use a Date type of Text Form
Field,
in
which fillin is enabled, or a Current Date field, which inserts a
DATE
field, which can't be changed.

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"Brian" wrote in message
...
I am trying to do something similar...I think. I am creating a
form/template
and would like the "Date" field to default to the current date,
BUT I
would
also like users to be able change that date if they need to.
Everything
I've
tried seems to put the current date in there, but locks the field
from
changes.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

Brian

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Alt+F9 indicates that this inserts a DATE field, which
presumably
will
update. Instead of inserting a form field, use the CREATEDATE
field
(assuming you are creating the form as a template).

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"mdavison" wrote in message
...
Hi y'all. I'm using Win XP/Office 03 on a Novell 6.x network.

Can someone tell me for sure whether or not the 'Current Date'
property
type
of a text field, inserted simply from the Forms toolbar will
actually
insert
the current date as a STAMP and NOT update that value the next
time
the
form/template is opened? Or do I need to substitute the actual
code to
make
it do that? I think I have the correct code, but it couldn't
hurt
to
offer
it up. ;-)

Thanks,
-Monica