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The user is adding new records, all of which will have the same value for the date field. After the user enters each record, I use code found here to automatically take the user the the data entry screen for another new record. I would like to set the default value of the date field to be equal to the value of the date entered on the previously saved record. How can I do that without duplicating the record and wiping out the other fields (the user may have finished entering records so I don't want to add the next record; I just want to set the date's default value based on the last record entered)?

What strategy are you using for directing the user directly to the new record form after inserting a record? If you are using the after_action_new trigger, then you can just add the date as a parameter to the URL to the new record form, and it will use it as the default value... e.g.

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function after_action_new($params){
    $record = $params['record'];
    $query = Dataface_Application::getInstance()->getQuery();
    header('Location: '.DATAFACE_SITE_HREF.'?-table='.urlencode($query['-table']).'&-action=new&mydatefield='.urlencode($record->strval('mydatefield')));
    exit;
}


This example assumes that your date field is named 'mydatefield'

-Steve

Perfect! Thanks for your speedy response.