Try using a date picker with no format instead. Make sure your DATE FORMAT setting is MM/DD/YYYY This will make the date display in the form you want without getting in your way like the filed format does.
Delete on the date picker will null the date Dennis McGrath Software Developer QMI Security Solutions 1661 Glenlake Ave Itasca IL 60143 630-980-8461 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Goldberg Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 10:55 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Formatting question I changed it and now when I delete the numbers out of the field or hit the delete key it shows 12/30/1899 as the date. Strange. Dan Goldberg -------------------------------------------------- From: "Albert Berry" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2011 8:20 AM To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Formatting question Try using 99/99/9999 as the mask. Albert On 20/05/2011 9:05 AM, Dan Goldberg wrote: > I have a db edit field in a form with the date format mask set to: > 00/00/0000;1;_ > The problem I have is after you enter it you cannot delete it. I have > tried the delete key and the backspace key but it will not let you go > to another field. > In the past I had to put a button next to it that used a property to > clear it out as a work around. > Has anybody ran into this? > Dan Goldberg > MIS Manager > Lance Camper Mfg Corp > 661-949-3322 Ext 252 --- RBASE-L ================================================ TO POST A MESSAGE TO ALL MEMBERS: Send a plain text email to [email protected] (Don't use any of these words as your Subject: INTRO, SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, SEARCH, REMOVE, SUSPEND, RESUME, DIGEST, RESEND, HELP) ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [email protected] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: INTRO ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Send a plain text email to [email protected] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: UNSUBSCRIBE ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: Send a plain text email to [email protected] In the message SUBJECT, put just one word: SEARCH-n (where n is the number of days). In the message body, place any text to search for. ================================================
