Date Issues - any assistance is appreciated

[Geser]

I have a situation where the users are entering date through a field on a data window. I need to be able to (before the information is saved) check to make sure that the date is <= to today's date. I that's not the case, then I do not want users to be able to save the information they enter.

Thank you for any assistance!

Greg

 

[mbalent]

Put your validation in the itemchanged event on the datawindow where the dwo.name = <your column name>. Return 1 if the data is not valid.

Matt

"Nature forges everything on the anvil of time

 

[dogs4me]

If you want to make sure your validation always occurs, you might want to consider putting the validation in a c function. Then you can call call the function from both itemchanged and before the data is saved. That way if the user enters data and goes directly to the save icon (for example), you'll be sure the validation is performed.

ItemChanged is not always triggered if the user goes from the datawindow directly to a menu item (at least that's been my experience).

 

[mbalent]

Use the accepttext method on the dw (see PB help for more info) to ensure the itemchanged validation occurs. No need for a c function.

Matt

"Nature forges everything on the anvil of time