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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:	OLD ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:	Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:	IOSG::PYE

Created:	Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4343
Total number of notes:	18308

1075.0. "Index forms - Can anyone help..??" by SUBURB::CROFTC (Caroline Croft) Mon Jul 20 1992 09:21

    
    Hi,
    
    I'm having probelms with an index form - can anybody help!
    
    FILE$.expiry_date returns the expiry date in NBS form - I want to
    display this date on a index form but in the normal 30-jun-1992 10:24
    type format - but am having no joy.
    
    I have tried putting a pre on the field, but this dosn't work, doing
    date_convert won't work cos it puts the returned date into a symbol,
    and dosn't just return the value - so I'm Stuck. I can't seem to use
    /ALIAS cos I have nothing to alias it to - so help!
    
    Has anybody got any ideas how to do this..???
    
    Regards
    Caroline.

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1075.1 Use a 'dummy field'. FAILTE::LAAHS An accumulation of Celts Mon Jul 20 1992 10:19 10

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1075.1	Use a 'dummy field'.	FAILTE::LAAHS	An accumulation of Celts	`Mon Jul 20 1992 10:19`	10
	Caroline, The trick here is to put a one-character no-display,noecho field somewhere on the display line. Use this field to get the DATE_CONVERT done to a symbol and then use a /ALIAS=<symbol> for the field you want to display the date in. HTH, Kevin

    Caroline,
    
    The trick here is to put a one-character no-display,noecho field
    somewhere on the display line. Use this field to get the DATE_CONVERT
    done to a symbol and then use a /ALIAS=<symbol> for the field you want
    to display the date in.
    
    
    HTH,
    Kevin