[AccessD] Format Percentage

Hey Charlotte
Want I am saying.
Is why do some number combinations display as formatted when you click 
in (or tab into) the text box and other numbers display as a decimal value.
ie.
Percentage text box displays 50.00%, tab into the text box and it still 
displays beside the cursor 50.00%
Percentage text box displays 95.00%, tab into the text box and the 
display beside the cursor is 0.95
What causes the difference???



Charlotte Foust wrote:

>I'm not sure what your question is.  You're seeing normal behavior for a
>percentage formatted field.  The assumption is that if you enter a whole
>number or a whole number plus decimal, that's the percentage you want to
>display.  If you enter a number less than 1, it's the value you want
>displayed as a percentage.  What are you trying to gain by changing it
>to currency?  If you enter .7, what do you WANT to see?
>
>Charlotte Foust 
>
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>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tony Septav
>Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 6:46 AM
>To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>Subject: [AccessD] Format Percentage
>
>Hey All
>Just curious. No biggy (because I am changing things) I inherited a
>database, in one table the previous programmer has a field Tender -
>Number, Double, Percentage, 2 decimal places On a form he has a text box
>bound to Tender, formatted percentage to 2 decimal places.
>When I enter numbers and  then I click off then back on the text box I
>get 2 types of display(one formatted the other the decimal value).
>I have tried different types of rounding etc.
>Enter     Click Off   Click On
>10          10.00%    10.00%
>23.45      23.45%    23.45%
>70            70.00%      0.7
>76             76.00%    76.00%
>90             90.00%     90.00%
>95              95.00%     0.95
>95.11         95.11%      0.9511
>
>If  I change it to Currency everything works fine. But what if I needed
>(just curious) to display the percentage to 3 decimal places.
>
>Am I missing something here???
>
>Thanks
>
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