Staying on a field

[Pete]

Thanks Bill.   I had tried searching for "date" before starting on my own
date validation function but didn't find the "is a" reference - I now
realise searching the dictionary only looks for things in the Keyword
column.

Are there any utilities out there to search the dictionary on something
other than the keyword?  There is so much information in there but it's hard
to find it sometimes.

Pete
Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com>




On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:07 AM, Bill Vlahos <bvlahos at mac.com> wrote:

> Pete,
>
> It is in the dictionary under "is a" and "is not a". Date is one of the
> many options.
>        * date if it is in one of the formats produced by the date or time
> functions
>
> Bill Vlahos
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> On May 3, 2011, at 11:26 PM, Pete wrote:
>
> > Folks,
> > Not strictly related to this but what date format does the syntax "if
> this
> > is not a date" use?  And where is it documented that  "a date" is a valid
> > expression?  Just curious since I've spent several hours writing code to
> try
> > to validate a date based on the user's system settings and I've never
> seen
> > mention of this anywhere
> >
> > Thanks,
> > .
> > Pete
> > Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Joe Lewis Wilkins <pepetoo at cox.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Bill,
> >>
> >> I'd try eliminating the exit closeField and the pass closeField from
> your
> >> handler as a first effort. I don't think either are needed in this case
> and
> >> may confuse the "focus" issue.
> >>
> >> HTH,
> >>
> >> Joe Lewis Wilkins
> >> Architect & Director of Product Development for GSI
> >> <www.glsysinc.com>
> >>
> >>
> >> On May 3, 2011, at 9:14 PM, Bill Vlahos wrote:
> >>
> >>> I do a validity check on a field to see if the user entered a valid
> date.
> >> If the user entered a valid date and presses TAB or RETURN the focus
> moves
> >> on to the next field. However, if the user enters an invalid date I want
> to
> >> keep the focus on the field to try again.
> >>>
> >>> This field script does everything correctly except that it doesn't set
> >> the focus back on the field. What am I doing wrong?
> >>>
> >>> on closeField
> >>>  if me is not a date then
> >>>     answer error "Not a valid date. Retry?" with "No" or "Yes"
> >>>     if it is "Yes" then
> >>>        focus on me
> >>>        exit closeField
> >>>     end if
> >>>  end if
> >>>  pass closeField
> >>> end closeField
> >>
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