>We finalized our membership levels a month or two ago and added (through the
>setup wizard using 0.00) a "$0" level membership to the value list (which
>I've been preaching about to everyone!) We're using FM 5.0 with ebase 1.02.
>
>However my quibble is this: Every time I start a new dues payment ebase
>automatically calls it a "$0" in the membership level field and doesn't
>change the membership level, even after I enter the dues amount, unless I
>click the update level button.
First, that's not how my copy operates. Level is auto-entered from a
calculation based on the payment value. It doesn't post a value until
the payment amount is entered or you commit the record with a blank
amount. You don't say anything about procedure, but I note that you
should not commit the record (press enter or click outside a field)
until the amount is entered.
>It's becoming a pain to do. I've looked for a
>way to do a multiply replace but the button seems to only work on one record
>at a time.
If by "multiply replace" you mean the FileMaker replace function,
it's designed to replace values in many records at once. Again, you
don't say what steps you're taking, but somehow you're closing the
procedure without telling it to do the replace.
>And I don't want to have to remember to do a update all fields
>everyday either. I thought FM would know the difference between a blank
>field and a field with 0 in it. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
Update all fields is something you should build into your regular
schedule. As soon as you enter a payment your Fast Find fields are
out of date. You need to run the update script after any major data
entry or before you do a search that depends on these fields. I think
it's easier to remember to do it before you go to lunch every day, or
before you quit.
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Dave Shaw H4 Consulting
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