mdy/ edit

[scooter6 at gmail.com]

   Good point -- thanks for the input.....my solution will work for now.....

   Scott

On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Jeff Harrison <jeffaharrison at yahoo.com>wrote:

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> > From: "scooter6 at gmail.com" <scooter6 at gmail.com>
> >To: Jeff Harrison <jeffaharrison at yahoo.com>
> >Cc: "filepro-list at lists.celestial.com" <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
> >Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 10:44 AM
> >Subject: Re: mdy/ edit
> >
> >
> >   Well, there were only about 4-5 'critical' spots that I wanted this to
> adamantly show "/" instead of "-" so I just added some
> >   input processing for @wlf so it replaces any "-" with "/"
> >   That will accomplish what I wanted short term anyways....
> >   Can I create say  'mdy//' as a new global edit?  This edit would still
> require mm/dd/yy - but would replace "-" with "/" if
> >   someone tried to put them in the 3rd and 6th spot?  Is this type of
> edit possible? (I'm sure it is, just not sure of the syntax)
> >   Then I could modify the files affected and change their edits to mdy//
> from mdy/.....
> >
> >
> >
>
> Yes, you could do that.  To avoid confusion I would not use "mdy//" as the
> name though as that looks like a typo to the casual observer.  Also, if you
> do this you loose the "dateness" (Trade mark!)  :-)  You could no longer do
> date math directly, and sorting /selection would be messed up.  So I would
> advise making the edit for data entry, but actually storing the end result
> in a mdy/ field.
>
>
> Jeff Harrison
> jeffaharrison at yahoo.com
> Author of JHExport and JHImport
>
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