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Suppose there is a library containing daily mileage of daily walks or use of a car or bicycle. Suppose the library has a StartingMileage field and a Mileage field. When an entry is created, the field StartMileage must get data from the field Mileage in the previous entry.

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var entries = lib().entries();                  // Get current library & array of its entries

Suppose you need to identify the beginning of a new day in the DateTime field. (The script requires connection of the JavaScript library '''moment.js''' [http://momentjs.com/ moment.js].)

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var m = moment().add(1,'d'); // Using the moment.js library function moment(),

:; Note &mdash; Add new trigger: Add a new trigger to the Applications library. Set Event '''Creating a new entry''', Phase '''Before saving the entry'''. (A similar script could be set for Event '''Updating an entry''' Phase '''Before saving the entry''', but only if a change in a field value is to trigger the add of the new member.)

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// Get the application entry that's being saved and call it e