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Old 08-14-07, 17:02
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help.. date find request

i need to perform a find on records that are older than 30 days.
i have been changing the date everyday ie<=7/14/2007), but i would like for the find to find all records older than 30 days compared to todays date.
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Old 08-14-07, 21:48
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Use a script to perform the calculated find.
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Old 08-16-07, 10:46
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I need help with the calculation
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Old 08-16-07, 21:59
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For FM7 and later, try:

Enter Find Mode[]
Set Field [ Date ; "<" & get(currentdate)-30 ]
Perform Find []
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