# Making Touch parameterised

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/making-touch-parameterised/3780
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [November 27, 2006, 1:35am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/making-touch-parameterised/3780 "2006-11-27T01:35:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![stevage](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@stevage](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/stevage)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2006, 1:35am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/making-touch-parameterised/3780/1 "2006-11-27T01:35:04Z")

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Doesn’t look like you can use it to set an arbitrary date chosen at run time…  
  
Steve

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### Author: ![tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e19b73/32.png) [@tate](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/tate)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/making-touch-parameterised/3780/2 "2006-11-27T01:50:33Z")

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Steve,  
  
Yes, you can do this via scripting. In the BeforeAction event of the Touch files action, you can change the DateTime to whatever you want. eg.  
  
Action.DateTime = "1/1/2006"  
  
hth.  
.t8

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### Author: ![stevage](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@stevage](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/stevage)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2006, 1:52am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/making-touch-parameterised/3780/3 "2006-11-27T01:52:22Z")

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Fantastic, thanks very much.  
  
Steve