Setting the Format to Use for Date Fields

You can also change the date format for any particular field so that it is different from the system date format.

Designer: The date format for a field is specified in the Data Field Basic Information dialog box. See the Designer User's Guide for more information.

Code: To change the date format for a field in code, use the set field date format function, sf_datefmt():

void sf_datefmt(format_stp, dfldp)

UCHAR *format_stp;            /* Pointer to format string        */

DFIELDPTR dfldp;                /* Pointer to a date field        */

When the string that the user has entered in the date field is converted to the date format specified for the field, spaces are replaced with the date pad character. By default, the date pad character is '0'. You can change the date pad character with the function se_datepadch().