"John Machin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: 8<-------------------------------------------------- > > Simplest is probably to do what many web-sites use for credit card > > expiration dates... Ignore any pre-built date-time modules... > > > > Create three integer fields, make the first two drop-down lists > > pre-populated with days and months. And validate the results later (just > > to cover someone putting in 31 02 xxxx). > > > > My 2 cents worth: > > (1) this annoys the bejaysus out of data inputters who can type > "31\t12" a lot faster than they can pick it out of two drop-down lists. > > (2) this would annoy the bejaysus out of data users if they were aware > of the extent of off-by-one errors caused by using drop-down lists. > > Cheers, > John
This annoyance can be maximised if, after the selection, a pop up dialog window is displayed showing what was chosen, along with the following text: "This is what you have chosen - Please indicate whether or not you wish to re try" - with the focus on the "yes" button. and then, when "yes" is chosen, to start again without any attempt to remember the previously entered values - Hendrik -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
