Date format problem

[Scubaticus]

:sign0144: (well, sort of)

I have a small form with two date fields on it.
On date field is formatted in the form with: dddd : mmm yyyy
The other date field has a blank format in the form. The format of this field is set in the program with calendar1.Format = "dddd : mmm yyyy"

On my PC, both dates show as "Saturday : Jun 2007"
On my PPC, only the field with hardcoded format shows "Saturday : Jun 2007",
the one set by the program as "6/30/2007 12:52"

I can't find an explanation for this behaviour. It this a known problem?

 

[Stellaferox]

have you checked whether the preset dateformats are the sae in the ppc and the pc?

 

[Scubaticus]

have you checked whether the preset dateformats are the sae in the ppc and the pc?

As I mentioned in my post, when I hardcode the dateformat in the control format field, the date shows the way I want it. When I empty the hard coded format and try to set the SAME code with calendar1.format command, it's not displaying my format but some kind of default

So whats the difference by hard coding & softcoding the date format?

It's like textbox.text (hard coded "B4PPC is Great") gives you "B4PPC is Great"
and textbox.text = "B4PPC is Great" will give you "Try Unix".

Scub

 

[dzt]

..."Try Unix"

???!!!

 

[Cableguy]

I think this has to do with the way date format is set in your regional settings/ date settings in the device control panel...Since you are leaving the format blank it assumes the same format as the system date format??

 

[Scubaticus]

A sample is here: http://www.scubaticus.nl/PPC/datetest.sbp

Is it only on my device? Remeber, on my PC it works the way it should, it's the PPC (Ipaq 2210) which is causing me trouble.

Scub

 

[specci48]

Hi Scubaticus,

interesting but true.
On my device (iPAQ rx1950, WM5, german language) your code runs perfectly
showing two times the same date format.



specci48

 

[Erel]

Please check the format string using:
msgbox(frmDateufmt.Format,frmDatefmt.Format)

 

[Scubaticus]

Hi Erel,

The message box gives me an OK button and a balloon with only a question mark in it.

So it seems there is no attribute set for the format, or the attribute assigned is not valid (in that case I would expect an error message). But again a hard coded format shows it so doesn't that mean the device is capable of displaying?

Or is it perhaps the compiler initiates the object different when a hard-coded format for a date object is present?

Is there a way to find out which formats are supported on a device? I want my users to allow to set the date format the way they want (it's an multilingual app)

Added: I also tested with frmDateUfmt.Format = "dd/mm/yyyy" doesn't work either. Looks like I cannot set my date other than hard coded ...

Scub

 

[BerndB]

Hi Scubaticus,

on my loox720 WM2003SE

it shows two times Tuesday:Jul 2007

(on the device Erels msgbox command gives a compiler error.)

Did you try to leave a hardcoded format in calendar1, and then overwrite it in App_Start with your new format? - (Just an idea)

regards
BerndB

 

[Scubaticus]

Yes I tried different things but it just doesn't work. On my PDA I'm running MS PocketPC V4.2 (build 14053) english version (!) on a PXA255 processor.

My regional settings are Dutch.

I don't think however it's the device because other apps are reacting just normal when I change the regional settings. I'm not sure if they use the underlaying .net technology like b4ppc.

Scub