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1. When you enter dates in formulas you must enclose them in "double quotation
marks".
2. Month and day must be given as two place numbers. Thus, "04/20/12" is
correct, while "4/20/12" is incorrect (the month has only one place).
3. The year can be given as a two or four place number, as you prefer. Thus,
"04/20/12" and "04/20/2012" are equally valid.
4. When you enter a year as a two place number between 0 and 29, TextMaker
automatically prefixes 20. When you enter a number between 30 and 99, Text-
Maker prefixes 19. Thus, the date "01/01/29" is interpreted as 1/1/2029, while
"01/01/30" is interpreted as 1/1/1930.
Database fields, table cells and objects
You can also use the contents of database fields, table cells and objects in formulas.
You will find information about this in the sections “Table cells in calculations”,
“Database fields in calculations” and “Objects in calculations” beginning on page
364.
Calculations
A formula can contain various kinds of calculations.
Example: 6*5
Always returns the constant value 30, and is, in fact, a constant value – not a
calculation.
Example: 5*NUMBER
In this formula, the constant value 5 is multiplied by the value of the variable
NUMBER. If NUMBER has the value of 10, the formula gives 50.
Beyond that, TextMaker puts a number of computational functions at your disposal.
Detailed descriptions can be found in the section “Computational functions”
(page 376). To start with, here are a few examples:
Example: TODAY()
The function TODAY() returns the current date. For example, on September 16,
2012 it would return 09/16/12.
Example: MONTH(TODAY())
Manual TextMaker Calculations in the text 373