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    Month and Day only

    Is it possible to format a date field so only the month and day values need to be used as opposed to entering the month, day and year? Thus the year is automatically entered based on the current year.
    Last edited by forskare; 07-05-2015, 09:11 PM.
    TYVM :) kenn

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    #2
    Re: Month and Day only

    Ken,
    I don't know your usage here, but if you create a date field in a table, place it on a form. When you enter the date and month, then leave the field, it will default to current year.
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      #3
      Re: Month and Day only

      Hi Dave,

      Thanks for responding. My customer only wants to enter the month and day, such as 0121 without having to use a '/' or a '-' or a '.'. They say they can enter dates in their A4 app that way. as a side note, do you know if A4 can be used on an intranet so more than one user can use it at a time? I don't think it's possible but......
      TYVM :) kenn

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        #4
        Re: Month and Day only

        Ken, it has been so long since I even looked at a4 and have nothing to run it anyhow.
        Do not remember about 2 users on 2 computers.
        in a5 if I type 0121 and leave the field, I think it will give 01/21/2015, but I do not remember in a4

        Maybe a thread in the a4 area of the forum would get a good response?
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          #5
          Re: Month and Day only

          Kenn, not much back ground information to go on here, but, I ran A4 networked for years. I seem to remember the server was win 2000 with win XP machines. You said intranet, if you meant internet, depending on your operating systems and computer hardware available, Remote Desktop connection could work.
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            #6
            Re: Month and Day only

            After reading the responses, it's almost to the point to where they will need 2 computer systems if A4 is to be used by 2 people on 2 linked computers. One for A4 only and one for the modern world. It's just not going to work without a lot of issues. Even if it were to be a breeze to do, there is no way to link with the outside world and at some point there will be a need for their employees to have connections via mobile devices. When the time comes for mobile devices, I suppose the units in the field will need to access forms (desktop) by by an internet connection or if mobile, the grids will need to be used.
            TYVM :) kenn

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              #7
              Re: Month and Day only

              I'm here to tell you A4.5 absolutely works on a network with multiple users.
              I've been too lazy to update the app that has been working all this time.

              For newer apps, I am up to V11, for myself, I am still playing with alpha anywhere.

              Last but not least, I would think a 4 digit input field for dates is absolutely doable.
              It would help more to see what they're used to doing, but I don't see why it can't be done.
              Gregg
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                #8
                Re: Month and Day only

                Just tried to enter a date as e.g. 1212 in a standard 'type in' field and it defaulted to 12/12/15 which is what you're looking for? The field will accept practically any valid format for a date e.g. 12/12/15, 12/12, 121215, 1212 and will automatically add separators as data is entered.

                If your customer needs/wants/insists on running A4 and A5 on the same PC then you'll probably need to introduce some sort of virtual machine into the mix. I've done this for one customer who wanted to continue to use his Access 2.0 application on his (then new) Windows 7 system. Suggest lots of RAM (minimum 8Gb) and a 64bit base operating system.

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                  #9
                  Re: Month and Day only

                  Right..but what if you enter 11 in the date field?
                  Is that January First 2015?
                  Or is it November with no day entry? !
                  And for more fun:
                  What if you enter 111 ?
                  Is that January 11? Or is it November 1?
                  It is November 1 st.
                  This means, alpha needs at least 3 digits, will interpret the first 2 as month and the remaining as day.
                  So, what do you do if you just want to enter January 1st? i.e. 11?
                  You enter 1 space 1

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                    #10
                    Re: Month and Day only

                    based on the info from Ken, the date would be entered as mmdd.
                    Gregg
                    https://paiza.io is a great site to test and share sql code

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                      #11
                      Re: Month and Day only

                      Right..but how you enter jan 1?
                      0101?
                      That's one way..an easier way is 1 space 1

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                        #12
                        Re: Month and Day only

                        mmdd standard is and has been numbers only.
                        The thinking is that someone other than the person that entered it
                        will know what the person meant (excluding typos) when it was entered.

                        BTW...that numeric keypad on the right side of most keyboards makes 0101 easier than 1 1.
                        Gregg
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                          #13
                          Re: Month and Day only

                          I guess I am the only one in the world who does not use that keypad. Mathematically speaking..I thought entering 3 keystrokes is less work than entering 4 ..but ..not in Colorado.

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                            Re: Month and Day only

                            Entering just the month and day works on the DT but not on grids. Using the numbers key pad is faster entering 0101 than the numbers at the top of the keyboard. If one is adept at using the numbers keypad, it'll beat the numbers at the top of the keyboard, hands down, every single time. If you've ever watched a person us an adding machine, the speed is amazing. That said, I'm not one of those with that talent so I pokey doke along with the numbers at the top. Slow but sure. Well, sorta.
                            TYVM :) kenn

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                              #15
                              Re: Month and Day only

                              Entering just the month and day works on the DT but not on grids
                              in order to work in desktop, alpha pitched in for you and did the coding for a date field. in the grid, I would think you will have write in onChange event of that field to supply whatever default values you want.
                              edit: I did test it, while it works in the onChange event, it has circular reference if you set the field to correct value. probably need to doin a different method.
                              Last edited by GGandhi; 07-14-2015, 06:38 AM.
                              thanks for reading

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