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Old January 20th 06, 06:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms
Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]
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Default Creating a validation formula

Did you set a formula for the Subject field so that it uses the value in SubjectDate?

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"kinyee" wrote in message ...
Thank you for that tip, this validation formula works now. However, I have a
similar, though different problem. I want to set the Subject line so that
users have to enter a date. Since I can't change the format of Subject from
Text to Date/Time, I created a new field called SubjectDate with a Date/Time
format and a validation formula such that if it's left blank, users will get
a message telling them they must enter a date. Whatever date is entered is
automatically formated to dd-mm-yy. This works great, except once the form
is sent, the Subject line comes out blank (no Subject).

I then decided to leave the Subject as a Text field, with the same
validation formula (must enter date). This time, the Subject line comes out
properly once the form is sent, but I want the date format to automatically
convert to dd-mm-yy.

Is there a way of either getting the Subject line to display if a field
other than Subject is used, or writing a validation formula that will convert
a date entered as text to dd-mm-yy format?

"kinyee" wrote:

I have created a form with a date/time field called RequiredDate. I placed a
validation formula such that if [RequiredDate] = "", then a message is
displayed indicating that the field must contain a date. This works great,
however, even after the field contains a date, the validation message keeps
being displayed. Why???

 




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