Trigger OnOpen Date Range

[thomastc]

Hello,

I am pretty sure there is a simple answer to this but I have drawn a blank!

I have two date variables populated with a Start and an End date.

What I need is the date field to be set to this date range when the document is opened.

I cannot see a way of setting a range in the Select in Field Action of the Document Event Triggers.

Any help will be appreciated!

Thanks.

[deepakk]

HI.

Go to Document properties--> Trigger-- > OnOpen --> Add Action--> External-->Setvariable

YOu might have to do it twice to add values to from and to date

[thomastc]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply. My issue is not setting the variables, that part is fine. Sorry if I was not clear.

My problem is applying the values of the variables to the date field when the document is opened.

For instance, I set the end date to the latest activity in the financial year (say 15/10/2010), and the start date is simply the beginning of that year (01/04/2010 for example). Now, when the document is opened, I would like the date field to be set to the range 01/04/2010 to 15/10/2009.

[deepakk]

hi,

Sorry its not clear. Normally we add the from date and to_date in charts .

So do u want to add it in charts ?

[thomastc]

Hi,

The field is used all over the application.

Is there a way to make an OnOpen trigger that will set the a DateField field to a range as opposed to an individual date. Essentially I require the equivalent of:

Settings > Document Properties > Triggers > OnOpen

Action: Select in Field

Field =DateField

SerachString: =Between varStartDate AND varEndDate

So when the user opens the application the DateField will already be set to the year to date latest data.

Maybe I need a Macro for this and fire the Macro in the OnOpen trigger.

[thomastc · Accepted solution]

D'oh I knew it was going to be simple enough:

='>=' &

varStartDate & '<=' & varEndDate

Silly me.

[devaljain5]

In addition to the date range, my customer also wants to see the applications with blank date. How to achieve this?

I have tried below 2 options but they don't work:

1) ='>='&Date(vStartDate,'MM/DD/YYYY') & '<='&Date(vEndDate,'MM/DD/YYYY') & '=' & NULL()

2) ='>='&Date(vStartDate,'MM/DD/YYYY') & '<='&Date(vEndDate,'MM/DD/YYYY') & '=' & ''

Any suggestions?