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on preOpenCard
   -- Declare any local variables
   local tNotes, tNoteName, tNoteTime, tNotesList
   
   -- Clear the "notesList" field
   put empty into field "notesList"
   
   -- Set the deafultFolder, telling LiveCode where to look for files
   set the defaultFolder to notesFolder()
   
   -- Get the list of files that are in the default folder
   put the detailed files into tNotes
   
   -- Sort the list of files by the modification date
   sort lines of tNotes descending by item 5 of each
   
   -- Build a list of notes in the form we want to display in the field
   -- Look at each line in the list of note files
   repeat for each line tNote in tNotes
      -- Get the name of the note file and the last modified date
      put character 1 to - 5 of urlDecode(item 1 of tNote) into tNoteName
      put item 5 of tNote into tNoteTime
      
      -- Convert the last modified date to a readable date
      convert tNoteTime to date
      
      -- Build the list of notes to be displayed
      put tNoteName & tab & tNoteTime & tab & ">" & return after tNotesList
   end repeat
   
   -- The last character is a return so delete it
   delete the last character of tNotesList 
   
   -- Put the formatted list into the "notesList" field
   put tNotesList into field "notesList"
end preOpenCard