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Re: Button that sets textbox value to current time on click

rtree — Wed, 19 May 2010 16:15:57 GMT

Perfect! Thank you sir!

Re: Button that sets textbox value to current time on click

Qazi Anis — Wed, 19 May 2010 12:57:46 GMT

on button click create a rule to set the value of the field to now(), instead of doing the same through code

Re: Button that sets textbox value to current time on click

rtree — Wed, 19 May 2010 10:28:49 GMT

Thanks for the reply, I could use Now() for when the form is opened but not when they finish completing the form.

I forgot to mention that I have two fields (start and finish) that need to be populated with the time.

This is for a maintenance check sheet. The maintenance supervisors do not want the technicians to write in times earlier than the present time.

The button is to save the user time since not all of them type quickly. My fall back plan if I can't get the button to work is to try field validation rules and have them type in the date and time.

Re: Button that sets textbox value to current time on click

Qazi Anis — Wed, 19 May 2010 08:35:50 GMT

why dont you use rules instead and set the value of the field to now()

Button that sets textbox value to current time on click

rtree — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:17:45 GMT

Greetings, I am new to Infopath and jscript. I don't have much code writing experience other than some VBA in Excel and Access.

I would like to create a button that sets a textbox (bound to Access) to the current time and date. I am using the 2003 versions of Infopath and Access.

I have pieced together some bits and pieces based on what I read in other posts:

Code after the button is clicked:

function cmdStartTime::OnClick(eventObj)

{

XDocument.DOM.selectSingleNode("my:myFields/my:dataFields/my:PM_History/my:Start_Time").text = Now();

}

I have linked to an MS Access database, and my data source tree to reach the field I want to change looks like:

myFields

dataFields

d:PM_History

Start_Time

If someone could nudge me in the right direction, I would greatly appreciate it!