[AccessD] Short Date Input Mask question

>I determine with my clients what format they want the date in before I give
them the UI .  I call my methodology "Design and Development", not
"Development and Design"

And of course your clients NEVER change their mind.  ROTFLMAO over that one!

And of course you neatly sidestepped the question.

>At the same time, spending a lot of time developing automated ways to do
things that you only need to do rarely and which can be done simply when
they *are* needed - strikes me as overkill.

I don't spend a lot of time developing automated ways of doing things I
rarely need to do.  I spend a little extra time developing automated ways of
doing things that I need to do all of the time.  Of course having spent a
little extra time once I save it on the next project, and the next, and the
next...

And of course you never answered how you do make such a change when it *IS*
needed so it becomes difficult to determine how "simple" it is for you to
do.

But of course if you can't just change a sysvar then you must do a search
and replace of all format strings.  And of course we hope that all date
controls have a  format string.  Or do you just take notes as the user finds
controls that don't have a format string and go add those in.  Or perhaps,
you simply never make the mistake of not applying the format string to each
and every control that displays a date.  Oh, I forgot... "Design and
development".... over, and over and over and over and over and...

I really prefer design and development one time, thanks!

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 10:16 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problemsolving
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Short Date Input Mask question


On 16 Mar 2004 at 17:35, John W. Colby wrote:


> 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?
>

I determine with my clients what format they want the date in before
I give them the UI .  I call my methodology "Design and Development",
not "Development and Design"

> 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.
>

Not at all.   I can see that your framework is very useful for many
things.

At the same time, spending a lot of time developing automated ways to
do things that you only need to do rarely and which can be done
simply when they *are* needed - strikes me as overkill.







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