Re: Displaying and editing a number to n significant figures in Forms
Date: 2000/05/05
Message-ID: <3912D443.B513B554_at_yahoo.co.uk>#1/1
Clint Redwood wrote:
>
> Does anyone have any good ideas as to how I can show number data in
> forms text items to n significant figures.
>
> The only way I can think of doing it is to programmatically change the
> format mask for each record displayed, but that won't work for multi-
> record blocks, which I need. Also, it won't be possible to enter any
> old number into the field since the format mask will ensure it is in
> the format for whatever data was previously displayed.
>
> Any suggestions would be very welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Clint Redwood.
>
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What about having a number field format (n,n-1) and another number column to hold the power of ten applicible? e.g if you want to hold 25489 to 2 sig figs, number1 holds 2.5 and number2 holds 4
Just a thought.
Matt Received on Fri May 05 2000 - 00:00:00 CEST