Adding time stamped comments to a file

DELMONT NERONI neroni3000 at comcast.net
Tue Jun 26 12:36:07 PDT 2018


Thanks, Don, yeah just what I was looking for - nice and simple.
I should have thought of that, but don't have my head wrapped around programming problems anymore.
Will get to work on that right away.

Thanks again for the advice.

Del Neroni
> On June 26, 2018 at 3:22 PM Don Bush <dbush at caffco.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> We created a "gossip" file with four field     customer #,  Date, record, comment (60 characters) 
> This allows the comment to display on the screen
> Created an index on the first 3 fields.    Then created a browse lookup from the customer file
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Adding time stamped comments to a file
> 
> Hi all:
> 
> 
> I'm supposed to be retired, but a former client has coerced me (well, really just asked me) into adding some additional functions to his system (I don't know how to say no?).
> 
> One change is to add time-stamped comments to his client file.
> 
> He wants to enter an unlimited number of individual time-stamped comments on each record and be able to view and scroll through past comments for each client.
> 
> Can I do this with a memo field, which I've never used before, or is there a better way?
> 
> I just want a little help choosing the best filepro method of doing this from somebody who has done it before, if possible.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Del Neroni.
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