Re: Why isn't my %xlate working?

["Mark S. Waterbury" <mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxx>]

Perhaps you may want to use the %EDITW function?

> On 8/6/2010 8:58 AM, David FOXWELL wrote:
> This must be obvious, but not to me :
>
> User enters a date which must be between 2 dates.
>
> IF DateEntered>  TodaysDate OR
>     DateEntered<  minimumDate;
>     message = 'Use date between 11.11.1111 and 22.22.2222';   // Message returned by a standard error procedure.
>     message = %XLATE ( '11.11.1111' : %CHAR ( minimumDate ) :  message );
>     message = %XLATE ( '22.22.2222' : %CHAR ( TodaysDate )  :  message );
>
> ENDIF;
>
> How on earth am I getting this at the end : message = 'Use date between 00.00.0000 and 00.00.0000' ?
>
> Ps : I realize I don't NEED the xlate function.
>
>
> Thanks.
>