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Yes, Amanda that helps tremendously. Thank you.

I just noticed ActivityGroup as an available field (with corresponding table) today. What is this/ will this be used for?

I created a new screen from scratch. I added a Date Picker object. In step 1 of the date picker properties, I did NOT select the checkbox for "Use today's date/time" as the default. In step 4 I selected the check boxes for "Show Date and Time" and "override default time of day to" for the default time of day I ...

I am trying to customize the "Go to" button on the activities section of the customer list screen (it is a customized CustomerList screen if that matters, but it shouldn't) to open the correct screen based on the type of activity that is selected. So if for example the activity that I select is a work order, it would open the ...

Brian, I made a utility for my own use to erase all the records in any given table. It isn't pretty looking and given it's destructive potential I don't think I'd want to give/sell it to anyone, but if you have a few tables that you would like erased one time, you can contact me at matt@TechInTheField.com and I should be able to ...

Palmer, If you are trying to add info to an existing record in the Customer table, you're going to want to use the UpdateAPI call. The InsertAPI call is for adding a new record. If all you need to do is update existing records in the customer table I have an Excel spreadsheet that should do the trick for you. You can email me at ...

Hi Boyd, I have an excel sheet that sounds like what you are looking for. It's an adaptation of the sample import utility you may have seen to allow uploading to existing customers, not just adding new customers.  Send me an e-mail at matt@techinthefield.com with your contact info so I can make sure this is what you are looking for.

 Joe, I think I kow what you are talking about with your follow up question. It sounds like you are trying to enter a value from the grid onto the screen. It sounds like you are trying to do that using the "Enter value into field on screen" where you "retrieve value from" a field on the screen (being Grid:FieldName). ...

 Peter, How does Method account for daylight saving when displaying the information back? I have quite a few jobs that were transferred with a start date of Jan 1, 1980 12:00 am. Now in QXO I have a  bunch of jobs with the due date start of Dec 31, 1979 11:00 pm. It is possible that those jobs were transferred in the day or 2 before I ...

Peter, Here is the code I am using to convert the time: Dim d As Integer         Dim mo As Integer         Dim yr As Integer         Dim hr As Integer         Dim min As ...