[thelist] Fomated tet box question

[Brian Delaney]

The date represents a event that happened in the past that the user has 
to type in.

Currently there are complaints because typing the '\' takes extra time. 
I would like to have the '\'
already in place so they can just slam the 8 digits for date.

A select or dop-down will take even longer.

Thanks

Chris.Marsh at Callserve.com wrote:

>Brian
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>>My users enter a data in a simple text box.
>>
>>I would like the box to just except the date and not have to type the 
>>slashes '\' for 03\09\2005
>>
>>example:
>>
>>______________
>>    \      \
>>______________
>>
>>I have read a little about masked text boxes,but there had to be a 
>>easier way.
>>    
>>
>
>I have had success using select boxes instead of text fields. I use
>javascript to dynamically change the number of days available as the
>selected values in the month and year select boxes are changed. If the user
>does not have javascript available, 31 days are available for each month.
>Validation is performed on the server, as should always be done with any
>form input. The order that the month and day select boxes are displayed can
>be changed depending on the information ganied regarding the user's
>geographical location. This, in addition to explicit labelling, reduces any
>confusion regarding date formats between US and UK formats. It also requires
>no extra logic when the date is processed on the server. The default value
>can be today's (or any, for that matter) date. Is there any particular
>rerason that yuo want to allow the user to input free text for a date?
>
>Regards
>
>Chris Marsh
>
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