Sorry Bill,
I could have added a bit more explanation regarding the code I sent you.
Basically, it looks at the form object to see what sort of control you want
to store a value in, and then chooses either the Date code or the other
alternative for all other control types.
I should have added that I am running an H2 Database on Windows 7. I have
found in the past that my code doesn't always translate to other
Databases/Operating Systems, but in this case I thought the code would
probably be Database/System independent.
So, I would suggest that you try running the code first to see if it works
for you. If it does, then I could help you to understand how it ticks
should there be any parts that were unclear to you. If it doesn't work,
then you would not have spent time on something that you can't use.
My 2c worth!
Noel
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On 5 January 2015 at 13:18, Bill Gradwohl <b...@ycc.com> wrote:
> Thank you for the information.
> I'll have to deconstruct the code to understand what's going on, as I
> don't like black boxes. That's probably going to take me a while.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 7:59 PM, Marion & Noel Lodge <lodg...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> I also encountered this problem. It turns out that you need to update the
>> Control's bound field. Below is a modified version of a Macro I use. To
>> update most Controls is fairly straightforward, but a Date Control is a
>> bit
>> more complicated. As you can see, you pass the Control Name, the new Value
>> and the Form object to the Macro.
>>
>> In your case I think if you called -
>> libUpdateControlValue("Date", "2015-01-04", DateField)
>> you will get the result you want.
>>
>> Sub libUpdateControlValue(sControlName AS String, sNewValue AS String,
>> oControl AS Object)
>>
>> Dim DateStruct AS new "com.sun.star.util.Date"
>> Dim sDateValue AS String
>> Dim sControlType AS String
>>
>> sControlType = oControl.DataFieldProperty
>>
>> if Instr(1,"Text,EffectiveValue,SelectedItems",sControlType) > 0 then
>> oControl.boundfield.updateString(sNewValue) ' Sets the new
>> value in the boundfield Object
>> End if
>>
>> if sControlType = "Date" then
>> sDateValue = sNewValue ' to prevent sNewValue being changed!
>> if len(sDateValue) = 10 then ' = yyyy-mm-dd
>> sDateValue = left(sDateValue,4) + mid(sDateValue,6,2) +
>> right(sDateValue,2) ' = yyyymmdd
>> End if
>> DateStruct.year = left(sDateValue,4)
>> DateStruct.month = mid(sDateValue,5,2)
>> DateStruct.day = mid(sDateValue,7,2)
>> oControl.boundfield.updateDate(DateStruct) ' Sets the new
>> value in the boundfield Object
>> End if
>> End Sub
>>
>> Let me know if you have any problems.
>>
>> Noel
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>>
>> On 5 January 2015 at 06:39, Bill Gradwohl <b...@ycc.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Please correct me if I'm wrong, and if there's a better place to ask,
>> let
>> > me know.
>> >
>> > It is my understanding (experimentally verified) that the PriorToReset
>> > event will fire when a new database row is produced for data entry.
>> Inside
>> > this event, I can use the passed in event object to get the Form and
>> from
>> > the form get at the elements of the form.
>> >
>> > I named my sub the same as the event it relates to.
>> >
>> > Sub PriorToReset(event)
>> > dim Form
>> > dim DateField
>> > Form=event.source
>> > DateField = Form.getByName("Date")
>> >
>> > Now I can drop a date into the "Date" field via :
>> > DateField.setPropertyValue("Text",
>> > "01/04/2015"
>> > )
>> >
>> > That date shows up on the screen as though I had keyed it in by hand.
>> Great
>> > so far.
>> >
>> >
>> > Once I fill out the remaining fields manually, and an attempt is made to
>> > send the data to the database, an error shows up asking to fill in the
>> > mandatory "Date" field. I'm looking at it filled in exactly as I want
>> it,
>> > but somehow the system thinks it's not filled in. If I focus the date
>> field
>> > and backspace over the last digit (5) and then re enter 5 and hit enter,
>> > and then attempt to save the record, it works. Why?
>> >
>> > Why can I see the date field filled in exactly as I want it, but
>> somehow
>> > the system thinks the field is empty or somehow invalid until I touch
>> the
>> > field and tinker with its last digit. If I set the last digit to 9, for
>> > example, a database row is stored with 01/04/2019 in it as expected.
>> >
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