auto date in new records

[Geraldine Barker]

In Excel, you can get the system to emit the current date
with a control or alt and some other key - can't remember
what. Is there a similar trick with Access? I'd like to
have all the entries for one day identified as a way to
age membership. I have looked at "expressions" but as a
fairly inexperienced (and self-taught) user, I don't
understand what I'm reading. Thanks for your help.

 

[Graham Mandeno]

Hi Geraldine

Ctrl-; (semicolon) will insert the current date in a textbox on a form.

However, it might be better to set the DefaultValue property for the textbox
to:
=Date()

This will automatically put the current date into that field for all new
records.

Changing this to =Now() will record the date *and* the time.

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Good Luck!
Graham Mandeno [Access MVP]
Auckland, New Zealand

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