atuomatic attribute update/change

vinsnash

Can an attribute be made to change when an instance of an object is simply displayed in an edit form with no user changes made? For instance a calculated age based on birth date displayed on or after the birth date has passed.

Vins Nash

aware_support

No, this is not possible currently

pbrad

It seems to me that all things should be possible, just have to be a little creative.

How about: If NOT(Example is_New then Example.Date=...), runs when form is opened.

Pete

kklosson

That was my thought as well. There are no rules for "when form is opened" so you would have to encapsulate this into a process with two steps. Seems like this should work...

pbrad

I don't have AwareIM open right now but from memory, go to the Advanced rules tab and set 'use rule during initialization'. I'm pretty sure you can do what you are trying to do in one rule.

Cheers,
Pete

rocketman

Like Pete Says, whatever the problem there's always at least 2 ways around it.

Why not put the following in an HTML tag on your form (with your own attributes that is) and set it to fire during the form initialisation (Advanced Tab on the rule)

<<AGE(Members.DateOfBirth)>>

If you really want it in an editable or viewable attribute here's a piece of code from my app that changes a medical renewal date "on the fly"

If AGE(Members.DateOfBirth) BETWEEN 41 AND 45 AND Members.DateMedicalRenewed IS DEFINED Then
Members.DateMedicalExpires=DATE(DAY_OF_MONTH(Members.DateMedicalRenewed),MONTH(Members.DateMedicalRenewed),YEAR(Members.DateMedicalRenewed)+5)

In my case different rules apply for different age groups so each time the member object is either updated or just viewed the age is recalculated, and if our admin staff enter a new medical renewal date, the new expiry date is calculated based on renewal date and age.

I'm sure from that lot you will be able to build whatever you want

vinsnash

Thank you all. I've been on a trip but I'll try the suggestions.

Vins Nash