Display for field in a form

Hello,

I am having some difficulty, and am not sure of the language to search in
the discussion board.

My form has three date fields to be filled out. The input masks are working
great, and show when the field is clicked to enter information, which looks
like __/__/____.
Pretty standard.
I was hoping I could have a display that reads dd/mm/yyyy in the field
before it is clicked on, so that my user understands which date format I
would like the information entered, because __/__/____ could be either mean
mm/dd/yyyy OR dd/mm/yyyy.
Is something like this possible? Basically I'm looking for a text that
displays in a field before it is clicked, and disappears when the user starts
to enter information in that field.

Thank you very much for any help, I really appreciate it!

Take a look at my February, 2004 "Access Answers" column in Pinnacle
Publication's "Smart Access".

You can download the column (and sample database) for free at
http://www.accessmvp.com/DJSteele/SmartAccess.html

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
(no e-mails, please!)


"Assistancesilvousplait" m
wrote in message news
Hello,

I am having some difficulty, and am not sure of the language to search in
the discussion board.

My form has three date fields to be filled out. The input masks are
working
great, and show when the field is clicked to enter information, which
looks
like __/__/____.
Pretty standard.
I was hoping I could have a display that reads dd/mm/yyyy in the field
before it is clicked on, so that my user understands which date format I
would like the information entered, because __/__/____ could be either
mean
mm/dd/yyyy OR dd/mm/yyyy.
Is something like this possible? Basically I'm looking for a text that
displays in a field before it is clicked, and disappears when the user
starts
to enter information in that field.

Thank you very much for any help, I really appreciate it!

Thank you very much!

I am at work, and am pressed for time to search them all. Would you have a
suggestion of which column would be best for me to explore/download?

Thanks again!

"Douglas J. Steele" wrote:

Take a look at my February, 2004 "Access Answers" column in Pinnacle
Publication's "Smart Access".

You can download the column (and sample database) for free at
http://www.accessmvp.com/DJSteele/SmartAccess.html

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
(no e-mails, please!)


"Assistancesilvousplait" m
wrote in message news
Hello,

I am having some difficulty, and am not sure of the language to search in
the discussion board.

My form has three date fields to be filled out. The input masks are
working
great, and show when the field is clicked to enter information, which
looks
like __/__/____.
Pretty standard.
I was hoping I could have a display that reads dd/mm/yyyy in the field
before it is clicked on, so that my user understands which date format I
would like the information entered, because __/__/____ could be either
mean
mm/dd/yyyy OR dd/mm/yyyy.
Is something like this possible? Basically I'm looking for a text that
displays in a field before it is clicked, and disappears when the user
starts
to enter information in that field.

Thank you very much for any help, I really appreciate it!

As I said, the February, 2004 one.

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
(no e-mails, please!)


"Assistancesilvousplait" m
wrote in message ...
Thank you very much!

I am at work, and am pressed for time to search them all. Would you have a
suggestion of which column would be best for me to explore/download?

Thanks again!

"Douglas J. Steele" wrote:

Take a look at my February, 2004 "Access Answers" column in Pinnacle
Publication's "Smart Access".

You can download the column (and sample database) for free at
http://www.accessmvp.com/DJSteele/SmartAccess.html

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
(no e-mails, please!)


"Assistancesilvousplait"
m
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news
Hello,

I am having some difficulty, and am not sure of the language to search
in
the discussion board.

My form has three date fields to be filled out. The input masks are
working
great, and show when the field is clicked to enter information, which
looks
like __/__/____.
Pretty standard.
I was hoping I could have a display that reads dd/mm/yyyy in the field
before it is clicked on, so that my user understands which date format
I
would like the information entered, because __/__/____ could be either
mean
mm/dd/yyyy OR dd/mm/yyyy.
Is something like this possible? Basically I'm looking for a text that
displays in a field before it is clicked, and disappears when the user
starts
to enter information in that field.

Thank you very much for any help, I really appreciate it!