[AccessD] Calendar Controls -- just for discussion

Bruce H. Johnson bhjohnson at pacbell.net
Sun Apr 18 10:52:27 CDT 2004


Suggest you have both the control and the straight data entry available. 
I've found that straight date entry is fine if the user knows the date, 
but the control is very handy to enter the "first Tuesday in February" - 
type dates; otherwise they'll have to dig up a calendar.

Susan Harkins wrote:

>I'm writing about the ODE Calendar Control and I'm curious how many of you
>use Calendar controls in your apps. 
> 
>I've had people complain about them -- they'd actually enter the dates
>themselves because they find the break in their data entry routines annoying
>-- from a data integrity point of view I can see the value of the controls
>-- but how do you convince people to use them?
> 
>Susan H. 
>  
>




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