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    Dates 30/11/2005 Vs 11/30/2005 AlphaFiveOnline

    In Australia we use /2 (dd/mm/yyyy) but A5Online converts to US Format: /1 eg. (mm/dd/yyyy) on my pages. Anyone know how to resolve this within the Web Projects Control Panel.
    Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
    Albert Einstein, (attributed)
    US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)
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    Take a look at this page and see if it helps.

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      #3
      Nice, but not handy and very unfriendly to use.

      Edward,

      at first glance I thought I finally had a solution to my problem (the dutch are in a similar situation). But at second thought this solution "takes you from the rain into the drip" (dutch saying) ;)
      • It has to be done for every date field in a Search (and what about a quick search field that includes multiple fields, including one or more date fields?)
      • You must know the date settings of the WAS server, so you cannot provide a universal solution.
      • You must put code in a page, what I avoid as much as possible.


      I really would appreciate something that neutralizes the date formats in the grid AND in the WAS, which would make it possible to work with a "universal date format". The better thing would be if this was accomplished inside the WAS logic, so that the developer would not have to worry about conversions in grids or in a5w pages.

      I say it again *sigh* : this would make A5 a lot more attractive for non-american users.
      Ren�
      Windows 7, V11

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        #4
        Dates unacceptable

        I asked for a solution form A5-Online and didn't get a reply. This condition is unacceptable full stop. The Grid builder needs a date format function and the server needs to look at that setting and display and save it in the correct format. I'll report it as a bug to Selwyn.
        Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
        Albert Einstein, (attributed)
        US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)

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          #5
          Peter, where and when did you send this inquiry?

          In any case, the Web Application Server does not have the ability to have date formats vary from application to aplpication. As the AlphaFiveOnline Server and the vast majority of the customers are in the U.S., it uses U.S. date formats.

          Originally posted by peteconway
          I asked for a solution form A5-Online and didn't get a reply. This condition is unacceptable full stop. The Grid builder needs a date format function and the server needs to look at that setting and display and save it in the correct format. I'll report it as a bug to Selwyn.

          Lenny Forziati
          Vice President, Internet Products and Technical Services
          Alpha Software Corporation

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            #6
            Sent to:

            Aditya Prasetyo this is the person that established my account and answered my initial queries - Also Lenny many thanks for you good work on getting me going last week. I have noticed the A5-Online works with some saves and not others - or just hangs error 500 (same app, same data), is there a problem again I'm not using anything other than grid Web Components.
            Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
            Albert Einstein, (attributed)
            US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)

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              #7
              AlphaFiveOnline issues should not be sent directly to Adi, he does not work in the support department and he will be unable to help you (though he should have forwarded your inquiry to someone that could).

              If you post the complete text of the 500 error message, I can help you determine the cause.

              Originally posted by peteconway
              Aditya Prasetyo this is the person that established my account and answered my initial queries - Also Lenny many thanks for you good work on getting me going last week. I have noticed the A5-Online works with some saves and not others - or just hangs error 500 (same app, same data), is there a problem again I'm not using anything other than grid Web Components.

              Lenny Forziati
              Vice President, Internet Products and Technical Services
              Alpha Software Corporation

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                #8
                In any case, the Web Application Server does not have the ability to have date formats vary from application to application. As the AlphaFiveOnline Server and the vast majority of the customers are in the U.S., it uses U.S. date formats.
                Lenny,
                I understand this. What I do not understand is that the developer of a web app must build translations for date formats that are locally used on the WAS server. If I want to sell my application world wide I don't want to care about the locally used date (and decimal and thousands and character) format, since I do not know where the WAS will run.

                There really should be a way to take care of this 'globality' issue.
                Ren�
                Windows 7, V11

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Ren� Stout
                  There really should be a way to take care of this 'globality' issue.
                  Agreed. And this is something that we are working on. But it is a complex problem because of the way our code base deals with dates internally. We unfortunately will not have a complete solution for quite some time. We are looking at partial solutions that we can make available sooner.

                  Lenny Forziati
                  Vice President, Internet Products and Technical Services
                  Alpha Software Corporation

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                    #10
                    Thanks Lenny,

                    I am confident that you guys find a solution. Untill then I'll have to host my databases on a dutch server, which fortunately is possible.
                    We are looking at partial solutions that we can make available sooner.
                    I'm looking forward to your pieces of art:)
                    Ren�
                    Windows 7, V11

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