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auto_id start=101 no longer working / incrementing

By: Ben Williams | Asked: 01/21/2025
Forums › Category: General questions › auto_id start=101 no longer working / incrementing
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Ben Williams asked 3 days ago
Hi, I've just noticed that one of my forms has a text field that is changed each year, the format is 24-101.   I use default value of 24-[auto_id start=101] as a text field, and usually each year it goes up from 101 up to whatever, say 24-780   This year I have changed the field to 25-[auto_id start=101] and the field is now no longer incrementing. Its a read only field that has been working fine for years, and now its not incrementing?   Has anyone seen this before or have any ideas how to fix?   Thanks Ben
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Bobby Clapp answered 10 hours ago
I'm guessing a JavaScript issue or maybe someone edited the value somewhere that broke the functionality of the auto_id.
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Ben Williams answered 2 hours ago
Thank you. Its a very strange issue. Doesnt happen on all forms. I've got a temp fix by having one field with the auto_id and then using a lookup to populate the required field. Still haven't got to the bottom of it though, to find out exactly why its happening, but temp fix is working.

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