Numeric

When this style is set, the Date-Entry layout changes. Spinner buttons are not shown anymore and the user can type numbers freely like he does in a standard Entry-Field without having to click on the year, on the month and on the day to modify their values.

This style also activates a real-time validation of the dates inputted by the user. The text is colored in greed for valid dates and in red for invalid dates during editing.

Note - this style can’t be set dynamically through MODIFY and, when this style is set, also DISPLAY-FORMAT can’t be changed dynamically through MODIFY.

 

Example - Define a date-entry control that allows direct numeric entry

screen section. ...   03 screen-1-de-2 Date-Entry      line 28.5      column 49.7      size 13.6 cells       lines 4.3 cells       id 18      century-date      numeric      value-format davf-yyyymmdd      calendar-font Default-Font      .