default today's date to field when creating record

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how do i do this?? thanks!

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In the table's design mode, click on the field then go to the dialog box at
the bottom and set the Default Value to

Date()

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"lauri" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> how do i do this?? thanks!

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On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 10:43:38 -0700, lauri wrote:

> how do i do this?? thanks!

Set the Default property of the Form control to:
=Date()
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