Re: Disabling a Format Mask in Forms

You can use the Set_Item_Property built-in to programmatically change the format mask of an item.

Adrian Klingel
Metro Information Services

Mark Cudmore wrote:

> Hello, is there any way to programically disable a format mask in an item at
> run-time? I only want to use the format mask when certain conditions are
> met on the form. If you don't know the answer to that one then maybe you
> might know how to compare the contents of an item against a format mask in a
> when-validate-item trigger. Either solution would work for me, but I would
> prefer discovering how to change the format mask at runtime.
>
> Thank you for your effort in advance,
>
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> Mark Cudmore
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Received on Wed Apr 22 1998 - 16:15:19 CEST