What you have suggested is in fact what I am already doing for the date entry / update. I'm also having to use a special method in my .java file to retrieve the format whenever I want to display a date in this format.
My problem is that this is a significant amount of coding required on each page for something that should be generic across my app. Do you agree? Cheers mc On 17 Jul 2006 at 16:21, Kristian Marinkovic wrote: > this could help: > http://www.nabble.com/Dynamic-translators-tf1229928.html#a3255867 > > define your formatter as a bean and define the pattern using > message:date_pattern > > greetings, > kris > > > > Shing Hing Man > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > An > Tapestry users > 17.07.2006 15:59 <users@tapestry.apache.org> > Kopie > > Bitte antworten Thema > an Re: Generic application wide > "Tapestry users" formats > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > pache.org> > > > > > > > > > It is not very pretty. You could try the following. > > <component id="dateField" type="Insert"> > <binding name="value" value="myclass.mydate"/> > > <binding name="format"> > ognl:new > java.text.SimpleDateFormat(getMessages().getMessage('format_date')) > </binding> > > </component> > > Shing > --- Murray Collingwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hi all > > > > I'm a little new to Tapestry so I may be missing > > something, happy for anybody to point me in > > the right direction. I'm currently running Tapestry > > 4.0.2 > > > > I want to standardise my date format for the entire > > application to dd/MM/yyyy. I decided that > > the best place to do this while allowing for > > internationalisation is to add it to my > > app.properties > > file. I added a few other formats while I was > > there, so I had something like the following: > > > > # Generic formats > > format_date=dd/MM/yyyy > > format_time=HH:mm > > format_pct0=##0% > > format_pct2=##0.##% > > format_currency=$#,###,##0.00 > > > > Then I found that in order to display a date in this > > format I was writing 7 lines of java code for > > each page where a date was displayed (most of > > them)...along with 1 more line in the .page > > file for each date to be displayed. > > > > When I wanted to edit a date again using this format > > I had 4 lines per page and 1 line per > > field. > > > > This only provides the most basic of editing (I > > haven't allowed for any error processing yet) > > and while the number of lines is not large it did > > seem to me that there were different methods > > being employed to format the date for display and > > others for edit and validation. > > > > As I began, I may have missed something but it does > > seem a little messy at the moment. > > Does anybody have a better method of achieving this > > generic formating? > > > > Wouldn't it be nice if....I could specify formats in > > my message catalogue and then simply > > apply them to my components with a single line of > > code? eg > > > > a) displaying a date value: > > > > <component id="dateField" type="Insert"> > > <binding name="value" value="myclass.mydate"/> > > <binding name="format" > > value="message:format_date"/> > > </component> > > > > b) editing a date value: > > > > <component id="dateField" type="DatePicker"> > > <binding name="displayName" > > value="message:mydate_label"/> > > <binding name="value" > > value="myclass.mydate"/> > > <binding name="format" > > value="message:format_date"/> > > <binding name="validators" > > value="validators:required"/> > > </component> > > > > > > Is this possible? > > > > > > FOCUS Computing - web design > > Mob: 0415 24 26 24 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.focus-computing.com.au > > > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/389 - > > Release Date: 14/07/2006 > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Home page : > http://uk.geocities.com/matmsh/index.html > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > All new Yahoo! Mail "The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and > ease of use." - PC Magazine > http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > FOCUS Computing - web design Mob: 0415 24 26 24 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.focus-computing.com.au -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/390 - Release Date: 17/07/2006 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
