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Re: Getting the Year & Month between two dates
Jörg, Is the sample in the webinar database? If so, which item is it? I would like to look at this as well. Thank you!
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Re: Getting the Year & Month between two dates
Hmmm. I was aware that unless a lot of years were involved it was taking a chance to include an allowance for leap years. But I thought that, other than that, it was accurate.…
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Re: Getting the Year & Month between two dates
I wrote the following code in a formula field to show the years and months between two dates where those two dates were date fields in my table. You are welcome to adapt it.…
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Re: Sending bulk emails
No I am not using any kind of software other than Ninox to send the emails. The list not "massive" - only a short one of about 15 people. If my sole purpose for the database was to send email,…
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Re: Sending bulk emails
I was able to get this working through trial and error. A few things I learned: 1) When referring to a choice field in a select statement, try using the number equivalent of the textual choice, as in:…
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Sending bulk emails

I am trying to modify and use the method described in Julian Kirkness's blog article "Sending Bulk Emails in Ninox". For anyone interested, the URL is https://www.onlinedatabase.…
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Re: Ability to reorder tabs on forms or insert a new tab in the middle of the tabs?
Mconneen, yes I noticed that. Thanks for pointing it out. I appreciate your experienced eye. - Jen
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Re: Ability to reorder tabs on forms or insert a new tab in the middle of the tabs?
Steven, I was expecting to drag and drop from the form view. No problem, however, I can work with this! This makes perfect sense in terms of how Ninox does things.…
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Ability to reorder tabs on forms or insert a new tab in the middle of the tabs?

With Ninox, I like the ability to organize my forms by placing fields on tabs and giving each tab a name. However, I don't see a way to reorder the tabs.…
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Re: Copying tables
For anyone else going through this process: Here is the answer to the above issue. When you use an iPad, you will see a new group named My Databases which will initially be empty.…
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Re: Copying tables
Jörg - Great idea. I borrowed my grandson's iPad and downloaded the Ninox for iPad app. Score! I was able to open my databases. I selected one of them, went to the home page,…
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Re: Copying tables
Jörg, thanks so much for your explanation. I really appreciate that you took the time to offer such a complete overview and clarification. Do you know if there any chance that this function will be…
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Re: Copying tables
Nick, I am not sure what you are meaning to say. Ninox calls itself an "app" - even with the Cloud version. Here's a screen shot from one of Ninox's product description pages: - Jen
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Re: Copying tables
Rico - Looks like you're on a Mac. I don't have that menu along the top. I'm on a Windows 10 PC running the Cloud version of Ninox. I don't see what you are seeing.…
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Re: Copying tables
@Rico, Well, I'm scratching my head over this one! I can select a table, click the gear icon above the list view, select import data and all I see is the CSV option.…
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Re: Copying tables
@Birger - I do not see this functionality. I am using the cloud version. When you say "within the Ninox App", do you mean a version other than cloud? (Sorry if this is obvious - I am new to Ninox and…
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Re: Modify subtable field contents in report designer
I learned the answer to this question today from Ninox supprt and here it is for anyone who needs it: When you click "edit columns" in the report designer,…
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Re: Modify subtable field contents in report designer
@Nick - Good to know! It's a relief to realize I can filter the rows via the date field. That said, I would prefer to use a formula to limit rows to, say current year or prior year dates instead of…
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Re: Lookup records in another database?
Thanks, @Mconneen! I am using Ninox Cloud. Two databases because they are about two different things (kids at an orphanage vs. donors to the nonprofit that helps manage the orphanage) with the set of…
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Re: Modify subtable field contents in report designer
@Mconneen, thanks for your input. Yes the formua field on the report designer is super for things like making a total of all the transactions in my subform's rows.…
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Re: Modify subtable field contents in report designer
This is what it looks like: Thanks for any help!
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Re: Modify subtable field contents in report designer
Thanks Viggo. This isn't working for me. I can click as many times as I like and the field just turns blue. That's all. There are no square handles like in your image. There is no gear icon.…
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Modify subtable field contents in report designer

I am creating a report to print the subtable contents of a table. Unlike report text fields, no gear icon seems to pop up allowing me to enter scripting code to modify which rows appear when I click…
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Provide a visual indicator that record comment(s) exist?

Suggestion: Provide a visual clue that someone has entered a comment about a record. For example, the comment bubble image on the comment tab could be filled in instead of an outline. Or something.…
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Does Ninox actually store documents or simply link to them?

My team leader would like to explore if Ninox can substitute for Dropbox as a solution for storing photos and documents. I see Andy Marks has released a new YouTube video on how to create a Ninox…
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