Re: Displaying and editing a number to n significant figures in Forms

>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.

Maybe you could several fields that hold the same value, but with different formats. Programatically you can hide or display the desired field [format].

just a thought...
Dan Received on Wed May 03 2000 - 00:00:00 CEST