Format Question

[Doug Luurs]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Brody [mailto:kenbrody at bestweb.net] 
> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 3:22 PM
> To: Doug Luurs
> Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: Format Question
> 
> Quoting Doug Luurs (Mon, 2 Oct 2006 14:35:01 -0400):
> 
> > Is there a way to change a GLOBAL format (In this case the 
> MDY/ MDYY/
> > formats) to allow only a " / ".
> 
> Those are SYSTEM edits, not GLOBAL edits.  System edits are built
> in to filePro and cannot be changed.
> 
> > Right now, I have a few people that have a bad habit of 
> using " . " in
> > the place of " / ", and it messes up a few things on occasions.
> 
> How, exactly, does it "mess up" things?

Not directly in filepro, but when you Export it as a .SL(k) file, and
Then try to convert the column of Date files, it will not convert
anything with a '.' as a date separator. (- and / works fine).

Guess I'll have to modify the excel outputs with the "Date+0" to
Force the change.

Thanks


> However, if you need to force a "/" separator, you can use @WLF on
> the date field and add zero to the date, causing filePro to put
> slashes in for you.  For example:
> 
>     @wlf5  If: 5 ne ""
>          Then: 5 = 5 + "0" ; display
>            If:
>          Then: end
> 
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