[AccessD] Short Date Input Mask question

...same here ...solves a LOT of problems :)

William Hindman
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Heenan, Lambert" <Lambert.Heenan at AIG.com>
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 9:21 AM
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Short Date Input Mask question


> My solution to date entry is simple - I never let user's type in a date.
> They always pick the date from a simple calendar form (though I don't  use
> the MS Calendar control). Click on a date field and up pops the date
picker.
> While this would not be suitable, perhaps, in applications where massive
> numbers of dates need to be entered, I find it works just fine for me.
>
> Lambert
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Arthur Fuller [SMTP:artful at rogers.com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 5:47 PM
> > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> > Subject: [AccessD] Short Date Input Mask question
> >
> > The standard short date input mask (99/99/0000;0;_) has a shortcoming
> > that I hate: you have to type 04/04/04 to get April 4th 2004. The year
> > handling is nice but the month and day suck. The mask won't let you type
> > 4/4/04. Is there an alternative mask that will respond intelligently to
> > such input? Or should I instead just remove all the input masks from all
> > the date fields?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Arthur
> >
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