Re: EDTMSK

[email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (James W Kilgore)]

Dan,

My implementation looks like this:
EDTWRD('0 /  /  ') EDTMSK('  &  &  ')

HTH

Dan Bale wrote:
> 
>  So, I get
> real smart, define an input 8-digit date field using the format ?mm/dd/yyyy?
> using EDTWRD(?  /  /   0?) and EDTMSK(?  /  /    ?) in a new application.  
>Since
> this is a prompt program, the date field will be zero until the user fills in
> the date.  User calls the program, display comes up, date field is.....
> BLANK!?!?!?!   NO! NO! NO!  What I want displayed was ?__/__/____?.  And not
> ?_0/00/0000?.
> 
>
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