Re: [pilot-db-list] Fatal Error with one particular PDB

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On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 09:30:07AM +0100, Jonathan Fitt wrote:
> On 6/4/05, Yedidyah Bar-David <di...@ta...> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 04:13:39PM +0100, Jonathan Fitt wrote:
> > > I have a new question though:
> > > Is it possible to get back into the calculated field definition after
> > > setting it? The only way I can get back in is by changing the field
> > > type to something else, and then back to calculated. However this
> > > deletes its contents.
> > 
> > Simply choose again 'calculated'. That is, tap the already-selected
> > 'Calculated' option.
> 
> I've tried that, it closes the selction box, but the script edit
> window does not appear. The only way I can get it to appear is to
> select another type e.g. string, and then select calculated again.

Well, this might be a change from 1.1.0, which is the version I use.
Can you try and check?

>  
> > >
> > > Also, what do global scripts do, and what is an example use for them?
> > 
> > Look at docs/scripts.txt. IIRC the only use is to run one when selecting
> > a view - e.g. to automatically sort the rows when entering a specific
> > view.
> 
> The scripts section in the manual doesn't go into global scripts. Is

It's not in the user manual. Look at docs/scripts.txt.

> the only possible command the sort command?
> I would have thought that a script used at that time would be used to
> select records to view, and then sort them. So that you could find all
> records containing the name Adam, and sort them by age, for example.

It does have also a filter.
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Didi