Re: Date FORMAT in FORMS 5.0

Hi Marc,
this should be quite easy:
We normally use the Format Mask FMDD.MM.RRRR. The user can then enter the date like
2,8,99 --> transformed into 02.08.1999 by Forms. The user HAS TO enter some separators
(like ,/.<blank> or something like this). If he does not enter the separators he will have to enter
the date completely: 02081999 --> gives 02.08.1999 as well. As the users do normally enter
the date via the Keypad they can use the "." or "," there. What does not work is a string like "2899" --> gives an invalid date. Good luck
Jochen Kutscheruk

mlafonta schrieb:

> Hi,
>
> I got a form with a DATE field with format DDMMYYYY. The "User"
> want's to input the date in the number format and when he leaves the
> fields, the date format should change to 'DD/MM/YYYY'. Is there a way to
> dynamically change the date format of an ITEM in FORMS 5.0. Did somebody
> out there did something like this before. If so, I would apreciate your
> help to solve this problem.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marc_Lafontaine_at_Yahoo.com
Received on Fri Aug 13 1999 - 09:33:18 CEST