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| unaclancy |
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Hello all,
I hope this finds you well. I would be most grateful if you could help me on this one.
I am importing in appts to the calender based on a dbf file
The appt has a start and end time in the dbf file it doesnt have a duration so what should i use to create the duration
I can make then both 24 hours and take the end time from the start time. but it doesnt seem to work so if start time was 1000am and end time was 1400pm i should get 4 hours right.
All responses are gratefully welcomed
Thanks
Una |
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| Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:51 am |
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| I don't believe the functions exist within GoldBox to do this. |
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| Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:43 pm |
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| unaclancy |
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What a shame,
I would have thought it was a basic requirement  . Thanks for your help bob anyhow
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:03 am |
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| I agree. This is one of those times that you could ask Dave to make a function. Might help, might not; but worth the try, I think. |
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:57 am |
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After thinking about it a bit, I realize that the situation you are describing is the exception, not the rule. You say you have records that have two times in them; that never happens with GoldMine. It's always a Start Time plus a Duration (GoldMine actually times the duration with a clock, rather than calculating it). I don't believe there are any GoldMine records, in any table, that have two Time fields for the same event.
Not saying GoldBox shouldn't have a function to deal with your situation; but I think you can understand that it may not have been requested before. |
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:24 pm |
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| Also, with the proper settings, GM 6.7 (and maybe earlier) will automatically start the timer and put the elapsed time in the duration field when the call is completed. |
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:49 pm |
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Hi Una -
Could you give me the EXACT format of these times in your Source table (and by that I mean the dBase table that the CSV is converted into). Also, are Dates involved, or are these Calendar activities always to take place in the same day? |
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| Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:39 pm |
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Thanks Dave for your speedy reply,
I can send you the dbf if you like after its converted.
There is a date involved and there also is a start time and end time, it is not in 24hr, if you like i will send on the sample dbf to you so it makes a bit more sense.
Field 2 = March 6th
Field 3= 2008
Field 4 = 10:00 am
Field 5= 12:00 PM
Please email me if you need anything else
Thanks again for the prompt response
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| Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:03 pm |
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| unaclancy wrote: |
Thanks Dave for your speedy reply,
I can send you the dbf if you like after its converted.
There is a date involved and there also is a start time and end time, it is not in 24hr, if you like i will send on the sample dbf to you so it makes a bit more sense.
Field 2 = March 6th
Field 3= 2008
Field 4 = 10:00 am
Field 5= 12:00 PM
Please email me if you need anything else
Thanks again for the prompt response
Una |
Duration in Calendar is a numeric, as MINUTES.
So, you'd have to write an expression, and use the Make24Hour() function in GoldBox to convert the am/pm time to 24-hour time. Multiply the hh portion by 60 in both times. Maybe something like:
((60 * Val(Left(Make24Hour("12:00 pm"), 2))) + Val(SubStr(Make24Hour("12:00 pm"), 3))) - ((60 * Val(Left(Make24Hour("10:00 am"), 2))) + Val(SubStr(Make24Hour("10:00 am"), 3)))
That works, just tested. You would just use your Table->Time fields in place of the literal times, of course, such as:
((60 * Val(Left(Make24Hour(Yourdata->Time2nd), 2))) + Val(SubStr(Make24Hour(Yourdata->Time2nd), 3))) - ((60 * Val(Left(Make24Hour(Yourdata->Time1st), 2))) + Val(SubStr(Make24Hour(Yourdata->Time1st), 3))) |
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:07 am |
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| unaclancy |
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Thanks Dave,
it works like a charm. Thanks a million for taking the timeout to write it for me
Much appreciated
Una |
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