Re: Proper Field Validation Methods and other annoyances...

2007-09-07 Thread Björnke von Gierke
http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=5300 On 06 Sep 2007, at 23:49, Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote: Wow, let's put together a new feature request for BZ... How about, "is a user readable date", or "is really a date"? "is a formatted date"? On Aug 15, 2007, at 12:21 PM, Rob Cozens w

Re: Proper Field Validation Methods and other annoyances...

2007-09-06 Thread Frank D. Engel, Jr.
Wow, let's put together a new feature request for BZ... How about, "is a user readable date", or "is really a date"? "is a formatted date"? On Aug 15, 2007, at 12:21 PM, Rob Cozens wrote: Hi Len, 1) Why does put "4" is a date return true? If this function doesn't actually work, why is i

Re: Proper Field Validation Methods and other annoyances...

2007-08-29 Thread Rob Cozens
Hi Len, 1) Why does put "4" is a date return true? If this function doesn't actually work, why is it still available? I'd like to be able to have users enter a date without any kind of punctuation (i.e., 08142007) and be able to validate it as a valid date. The same applies to entering 13

Re: Proper Field Validation Methods and other annoyances...

2007-08-15 Thread Paul Gabel
Len: Did you use the "de-installer" that comes with the Galaxy installer? If that doesn't work, try downloading a new copy of Revolution. Paul Gabel --- On Aug 14, 2007, at 9:25 AM, Len Morgan wrote: Hello all! I've having a few "issues" that I hope someone can answer for me: 1) W

Re: Proper Field Validation Methods and other annoyances...

2007-08-14 Thread Kay C Lan
On 8/15/07, Len Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2) This is the "biggie." What is the proper way to validate the > contents of a field. I tried writing a "closeField" script that would > do the validation, put up a message box if the format/contents are > wrong, then set the focus back to

Re: Proper Field Validation Methods and other annoyances...

2007-08-14 Thread Sarah Reichelt
> 1) Why does put "4" is a date return true? If this function doesn't > actually work, why is it still available? I'd like to be able to have > users enter a date without any kind of punctuation (i.e., 08142007) and > be able to validate it as a valid date. The same applies to entering > 1315 a

Re: Proper Field Validation Methods and other annoyances...

2007-08-14 Thread Trevor DeVore
On Aug 14, 2007, at 12:51 PM, Stephen Barncard wrote: The new beta that I use is wonderful and I can't work without it. I'd have to say without a doubt these two guys know more about the Rev environment than anyone else on earth except the Rev team themselves. That is kind of you to say b

Re: Proper Field Validation Methods and other annoyances...

2007-08-14 Thread Ken Ray
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:20:17 +0200, Björnke von Gierke wrote: >> This is something I asked earlier, and basically since "the seconds" is >> a valid date, the "is a date" test returns true for any positive >> integer. However I made the argument that it should be at least 10 >> digits, but that has

Re: Proper Field Validation Methods and other annoyances...

2007-08-14 Thread Björnke von Gierke
On 14 Aug 2007, at 18:54, Ken Ray wrote: 1) Why does put "4" is a date return true? If this function doesn't actually work, why is it still available? I'd like to be able to have users enter a date without any kind of punctuation (i.e., 08142007) and be able to validate it as a valid date. T

Re: Proper Field Validation Methods and other annoyances...

2007-08-14 Thread Ken Ray
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:43:01 +0200, Björnke von Gierke wrote: > On 14 Aug 2007, at 18:25, Len Morgan wrote: > >> 1) Why does put "4" is a date return true? If this function >> doesn't actually work, why is it still available? I'd like to be >> able to have users enter a date without any kind

Re: Proper Field Validation Methods and other annoyances...

2007-08-14 Thread Ken Ray
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:25:31 -0500, Len Morgan wrote: > Hello all! > > I've having a few "issues" that I hope someone can answer for me: > > 1) Why does put "4" is a date return true? If this function doesn't > actually work, why is it still available? I'd like to be able to > have users en

Re: Proper Field Validation Methods and other annoyances...

2007-08-14 Thread Stephen Barncard
It should be noted that I'm using Galaxy. I'd try switching back to the Rev IDE except that I can't seem to remove Galaxy (even following their instructions. It's like a bad rash - it just keeps coming back!), I'm afraid of the "script eating tendency" of Galaxy if you dare to attempt to use

Re: Proper Field Validation Methods and other annoyances...

2007-08-14 Thread Björnke von Gierke
On 14 Aug 2007, at 18:25, Len Morgan wrote: 1) Why does put "4" is a date return true? If this function doesn't actually work, why is it still available? I'd like to be able to have users enter a date without any kind of punctuation (i.e., 08142007) and be able to validate it as a valid dat

Proper Field Validation Methods and other annoyances...

2007-08-14 Thread Len Morgan
Hello all! I've having a few "issues" that I hope someone can answer for me: 1) Why does put "4" is a date return true? If this function doesn't actually work, why is it still available? I'd like to be able to have users enter a date without any kind of punctuation (i.e., 08142007) and be