Guys,

The new datebox is superb, damn fine work.

When I use it though it defaults to IgnoreManageReadOnlyState = True

Is there a reason for this?

thanks

Geoff

Thanks for your kind words!







Well, I suppose it is because it was OUR default. We do not disable any fields within our application development environments. This will most likely become our new long-term standard as we will also introduce new application environments, folder based MDI, etc. in future releases. After a lot of time and energy, we have discovered that end-users prefer to just start typing and for Save / Undo to automatically become available saving steps.



So all of that to just say, you may want to inherit this and set your default to False.

Hi Trent,

it's no big issue really. I was just kind of surprised that was all. Your other controls default to false, that's all and I thought I had done something dumb. It was when my layout appeared and the controls were enabled in idle mode.

Kind of interested to see what you guys are going to do with this, and I am really looking forward to the Stratalistview being a production control, that will really give an edge to my application.

best

Geoff.

Thanks, Geoff. I appreciate your input!

I too like the new dateBox. Thanks!!



A few suggested enhancements, if you don't mind...



1.) + and - should add/subtract a date (actually the real request is = and -, as you don't want to force a shift).



2.) For all the hot key navigation behaviors, using Month as the example: the first M should get me to the beginning of this month, the next M gets me to the beginning of last month, etc. So I can step by 4 months just by clicking M four times.



No biggies... but they would be nice


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Couple of thoughts on these suggestions:



1. = & - from main keyboard, +/- from keypad



2. Likely it would be nice if the key bindings were configurable. I imagine that other languages might want to use other keys and/or there is always the possibility that somebody needs something weird, like I like to use Quicken like bindings (m for beginning, h for end of month, y for beginning of year, r for end of year, etc.). I.e. there would a set of navigation actions (increment day, to start of month, to start of next month, to start of last month...etc) were the actual keyboard short cuts could be configured. Just a thought.

Just to confirm here, the + and - already increment and decrement the date.  But you want the = and dash to do this without the shift.  The +/- from the keypad already work which is what it appears most of our users actually use (on the medical side) as most of them are used to using 10 keys.

Sounds like a good idea.

They already do have the ability to customize.  These can be overridden for that very reason as there are properties already exposed that do this.  Please confirm if I am missing something here.  Thanks.