[AccessD] Short Date Input Mask question

Fortunately I do not have to develop apps. for data entry folks. <g>

I do however have to deal with people who still don't realize that almost
every dialog box they ever see has a default button "clickable" with the
Enter key, and that they can use "Y" and "N" to answer Yes/No dialogs etc.
etc. Mousing around is a habit that is tough to break for some.

Lambert

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Brett Barabash [SMTP:BBarabash at tappeconstruction.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, March 17, 2004 11:22 AM
> To:	'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject:	RE: [AccessD] Short Date Input Mask question
> 
> I bet the data entry people love you!
> 
> It may "work for you", but I'll bet that there are some users out there
> that
> feel otherwise.  One of my biggest UI pet peeves is fields that disallow
> keyboard entry.  One record or 1000 records, it's still annoying to move
> your hand off of the home row of your keyboard and click around to select
> a
> date.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heenan, Lambert [mailto:Lambert.Heenan at aig.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 8:22 AM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> 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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