Found the answer... And yes... in was in the "help" section... What can I say I was making it a lot more crazy than I needed to.You can use a date/time field to automatically show the current date by using the Runtime Property option in the Value tab of the Object palette.When using a current date f...

Good day all;I am trying to have the current date and time automatically be generated in a “date/time” field when the form is opened. I went through the forum and found an entry from Srini “ xfa.host.messageBox("" + Date());” . Of course this brought up a system message box with the date and time. I...

Thank you very much. worked like a charm.... Not toooo sure why the "ne 0" did not work.Chomp

Sorry for taking so long to respond to your post Debadas.I have used if(file_p_h ne 0) then Sum(60/file_p_h) endif and I am still getting the arithmetic over/underflow error.I created a new simple form with 4 fieldsposition = dropdown with 3 entrieswage = numeric fieldfiles= numeric fieldcost = nume...

Thanks Debadas;I made the change to "  if (cost_p_h ne 0) then Sum(60/file_p_h) endif Then I get the following errorScript failed (language is formcalc; context is xfa[0].form[0].form1[0].#subform[0].#subform[1].Table1[0].Row1[0].dur[0])script=if(cost_p_h ne 0) then Sum(60/file_p_h) endif   Error: a...

Good Day All;I am now getting into forms that require some calculations. In doing some reading I have seen where both JavaScript and FormCalc are being used. Can anyone tell me which is the better to use?For the form I am currently designing I have tried formCalc but I have hit a wee bump. I have ue...

Thank you Jono.I had stated trying using the same "switch" statement but I used "if" instead.. Did not work that well.Thanks AgainChomp

Good Morning All;I have now gone through 38 pages on the form to try to figure this out myself. I must have missed something or this day is getting way to long.I am trying to fill a numeric field based on what is selected from a dropdown box. For testing, I am only using 2 fieldsDropDownList1 and Nu...

Thank you Srini; Yep.. the hierarchy and how things need to flow. Thank you for the valuable lesson.Regards Chomp

Thanks Srini;I checked the boxes as per your instructions but got the same result.I am thinking I my have the hierarchy all wrong. I have uploaded the full document to https://acrobat.com/#d=ZSaGyOqSZ7YQABDi6wVCIQIf you have a minute, could you take a look and let me know if it would be better to st...