Re: L-date fields

[lgoodbar@xxxxxxxxxxx (lg - Loyd Goodbar)]

On Sat, 13 Sep 1997 17:47:03 -0500, Vern Hamberg
<hambergv@goldengate.net> wrote:

>>Just looking around my desk, here's the things I see that default to
>>"19": check book, credit cards, bank statements and credit card
>>statements, a legal document. Like I said, most preprinted forms have
>>"19" written in for you. All you have to do is write the last 2
>>digits. If the 19 is wrong, just cross it out. 
>>
>>We can't do that with a computer. The computer, like Scott said, can't
>
>Just a really crazy idea--why can't we? Look, I've not done this myself,
>and I'm sure there are all kinds of problems but...why not preload the 19
>and position cursor in the third position? It <bold>can</bold> be done
>with cursor positioning stuff in the display file. Then the user can
>'cross out' the 19 if it's wrong.

Perhaps the point of my argument was missed. Succinctly: we want the
user to be aware of what they're putting in the computer. They're
relying too much on defaulted centurys. I want the user to be
cognizant of the century of date they're entering / changing. Since
the computer isn't smart enough to figure out which date the user
really means when they press Enter, we must make the user aware of
what's going on. 

 - lg -
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