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Francis Mariani
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Why shouldn't I be able to set my calendar date format to YYM? A pile of date formats are available but not YYM.

And why can you change (edit) the text value in the "Date format in data source" drop-down list but the change is ignored the next time you click on the Calendar control? What kind of GUI interface design is this?

Am I the only one with these kinds of problems? I'm even trying to be a conformist, though it's hard - I'd love to hear from people that are developing with the GUI and it's all smooth-sailing.


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Wep5622
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It gets extra fun when the underlying date format in the database is I8 instead of an actual date format. Calendar controls cannot display dates based on an I8 format. You'd think I8YYMD would do the trick, but that can't be selected from the GUI.

We end up converting our dates to something the control understands and then back to something the database understands afterwards.

That said, allowing the calendar control to handle YYM is extra tricky. There's no point in providing a user to pick a day if only the month matters, so it isn't really the right control for the job.

A few chained dropdowns for year and month (with values as YYM) should do the job better, I think.


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George Patton
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Smooth-sailing is something devoutly to be wished. As a non-html, non-javascript guy my only tool is the GUI, and I've had numerous shipwrecks along the way (I've learned to save, save, save, every little change when messing with the html composer.)


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njsden
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Not to mention creating a backup of the HTML before any major change (sometimes just adding a label or new control qualifies as *major*).

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Francis Mariani
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Y-M is on offer, but not YYM, YY-M.

To Wep5622's point, "no point in providing a user to pick a day if only the month matters" - I agree completely, but I believe if the GUI Calendar control offers these non-day options, then it should alter what is shown in the control.


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