Thanks Bill, But I really want it in a dialog box, I know I can do it in a form but it doesn't look as neat. Razzak says if I can dream it we can do it -- does that mean it might be in 7.0?
Bernie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Downall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 3:18 PM Subject: Re: wouldn't it be nice - formerly format in dialog box 6.5++ win > Bernie, > > You can run an eep on leaving the field that formats what they typed > and either plays it back into the same field, or uses RECALC. User > types 123456789, the eep checks for all digits, the right number of > digits, etc, and then uses sgets and redisplays as 123-45-6789. You > may have to fiddle with the entry field being a variable, with an > expression to set the column to the final value of the variable, and you > will have to do considerable error trapping in your EEP so that it only > reformats when it needs to. > > Bill > > On Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:58:33 -0400, A. Razzak Memon wrote: > > >Hey Razzak, > >It sure would be nice if we could use format in the dialog box. to > >be able to pop up dashes and parens and other char automatically. ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
