RE: L-date fields -- MIDRANGE-L

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errrr.....  a hint?  This looks simple, but you say "instantly"...  Does
that mean upon field exit? before Enter? What would be the algorithym?

>Of course the end-user can always enter the full 4-digit year if they want,
>but the user only has to enter something like this
>
>091197
>
>and the program translates it on the screen, instantly to
>
>09/11/1997
>
>I saw this today in action. It's pretty nice.
>
>Bob Cozzi

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Booth Martin       Contract Programming, Inc.
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