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Group: StrataFrame Users
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Well, I'm back to SF after a few years and some other adventures (an Ironspeed web app, some data mining experience...) and am converting a VFP (VPME) application. (Hello to some old VPME'ers out there like Edhy). I'm really liking the core SF functionality but have some questions around the fringes.
So my first question concerns displaying empty dates. I see that the DateBox is now the preferred way of editing dates and it has an EmptyValue property for trapping a place holder value (like '1/1/1800') and displaying it as blank.
What is the best way to trap and hide these place holder dates in other places, such as in ListView columns? I see I have two options to format a column: Format String and PopulatedThroughEvent. I suspect the preferred way is to use PopulatedThroughEvent to trap the place holder date value and return a "" string. Is that about right? Any examples?
Thanks in advance,
Larry
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