Well, I can tell you by the 'warm' reception that my contribution was recieved that I can't wait to release more code.
I was aware of the XLFDT functions. When I had tried to find an equivalent function as FMTE^XLFDT to do what I wanted it wasn't there. So I hadn't spent much more time in that API documentation. No I have not used FMTE^XLFDT extensively, so it was able to do some tricks that I wasn't aware of. I was less familiar with the other functions in the XLFDT package. But how about saying "good first step, here is how we can make it better," rather than "if you are suggesting something different, than obviously you don't know enough." Just my 2 cents worth. And by the way, I'm in a pissy mood, so don't take all this too seriously. Kevin --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --------------------------------- As Rick Marshall knows, I will challenge what is said in a public forum especially one where many recipient's have little to no experience with VistA and who do not really know who the people are who are responding.Saying that, Kevin started this thread with the comment: " I may have just reinvented the wheel, but I don't think so. I have just finished a function that will format fireman dates in any arbitrary way, based on format strings.". I took this statement to mean that Kevin examined what VistA could and could not do and determined that VistA did not provide a tool for formatting date outputs. >From later responses, apparently, he was unaware of the existence of the XLFDT APIs. Now if he said something like "I had looked at the XLFDT utility and found it wanting for outputting dates...." then I would have had no object! ions to w If VistA was already well established outside of the VA, then that would be a different situation. But it is not. And every misleading and/or erroneous statement made about VistA harms the image of VistA and has a negative impact upon implementing VistA outside of the VA. I have no problems whatsoever about publicly talking about VistA's deficiencies like a lack of a Ped module or adequate OB/GYN module. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Richardson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 10:03 PM > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Custom Fileman date output formatting. > > > > Hey, guys, there will always be room for new ways of doing > things. > The > > Kernel tools are there and heavily used. But as Kevin found, it > didn't > > quite work ! the way h-------------------------------------------------------This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space SweepstakesWant to be the first software developer in space?Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes!http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7412&alloc_id=16344&op=click_______________________________________________Hardhats-members mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED]://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by Oracle Space Sweepstakes Want to be the first software developer in space? Enter now for the Oracle Space Sweepstakes! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7412&alloc_id=16344&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
