>I have 2 things I am trying to accomplish on all applicable forms in a SIMPLE inventroy program for a nursery.
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>1. All forms that have a date field I need this field to when the add new record is clicked the date field needs to use system date and auto fill the field.
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If your table is part of a database, you can specify Default value for the date field to be date().
>2. Certain fields that exist on all forms (quick form) need to be a box??? that is a drop down record selectable box??? that is using a lookup table that I have stored outside the .dbc.
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Use shape or container control.
Oops, looks I misread your question. You may want to use ListBox control, if this is what you meant. Or combobox control.
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