Haslett, Andrew
andrew.haslett at ilc.gov.au
Tue Mar 16 17:10:46 CST 2004
John, IMO - the reason for you spending time on creating your framework should be for your clients - not necessarily this list. It may benefit them if they decide to implement it - but shouldn't be your main priority.. As I mentioned in an earlier post, it is unlikely that many will go to the trouble of implementing any framework that takes (what seems like) quite a bit of extra knowledge and understanding, unless its incredibly well documented and easy to use. If you can accomplish this or if its saves you time then great - but I don't think laying a guilt trip on users here who have other ways of doing things is appropriate.. Its your choice what you want to provide to this list - not ours. Regards, Andrew -----Original Message----- From: John W. Colby [mailto:jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com] Sent: Wednesday, 17 March 2004 9:05 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] Short Date Input Mask question Stuart, that is a silly thing to say, and exactly the reason that I can't help but wonder whether anyone at all reads the posts I spend hours writing and writing example code for. Of course "Access does that just fine by itself if you set the format property to "d mmm yyyyy". And now, WE (you and I) have an application where our respective clients say "I hate that format". I don't know what You do but I go into my sysvar table and change a SysVar. The next time the app opens all date fields are formatted however the client wants. What exactly DO you do? To a man with a search and replace program.... Shall I just abandon my attempts to educate this list about what frameworks can do? Seems a shame, but it sure appears I've wasted about 30 hours so far. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 5:10 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problemsolving Subject: RE: [AccessD] Short Date Input Mask question On 16 Mar 2004 at 15:40, John W. Colby wrote: > A great case for a framework. Define the various formats you use in > your text boxes and then tell the framework to figure out that it's a > date and apply a format. > To a man with a hammer....... :-) Access does that just fine by itself if you set the format property to "d mmm yyyyy" or whatever you want in the particular situation. -- Lexacorp Ltd http://www.lexacorp.com.pg Information Technology Consultancy, Software Development,System Support. -- _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ ******************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and may contain information protected by law from disclosure. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email from your system. No warranty is given that this email or files, if attached to this email, are free from computer viruses or other defects. They are provided on the basis the user assumes all responsibility for loss, damage or consequence resulting directly or indirectly from their use, whether caused by the negligence of the sender or not.