I agree with this. Its the cleanest easiest way to do it. mask edits and stuff always end up being counter productive IMO.
it is very easy to use Stringlist Commatext to break it down, then analyze each suffix. even if they type "20m 20m" you just have a sum of 40m. On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Steve Peacocke <st...@peacocke.net> wrote: > I'd suggest a simple edit box that allowed users to enter their times > as they can based on some rules. This, if i read you correctly allows > a person to enter munutes and/or hours eg : > > 3h > 90m > 1h 20m > 2d 5h 45m > 48h > > Then process the entry based on the simple rules. If someone enters > sething you don't understand, then give a message showing the simple > rules and ask them to enter again. > > This sort of time length entry works well in Jira (task/bug tracking) > > Steve Peacocke > > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: delphi@delphi.org.nz > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to delphi-requ...@delphi.org.nz with Subject: > unsubscribe > -- Kyley Harris Harris Software +64-21-671-821
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