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validating currencie entries

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 >> 1 returns 0.01
 >> 50/09ol0 returns 500.90
 >> 12345678 returns 123,456.78
 >
 > We're deep into the area of personal preferences. My preference is to
 > not ignore obvious errors, such as 50/09ol0 being interpreted as 500.90.
 >

I understand that, but filemaker doesn't have a built in 'don't ignore 
obvious errors' function. You have to built that yourself. 50/09ol0 in 
your eyes has an obvious error which the user needs to be aware of. In 
my eyes it might be just a slip on the keyboard. But it is not so 
difficult to add a function returning a 1 (true) when an error has been 
made. Then color the input field red when an 'obvious error' (defined by 
your expectations) has been made.
Etc.

Erik Appeldoorn

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validating currencie entries Erik Appeldoorn <ursus.kirk@gmail.com> - 2018-03-12 11:10 +0100

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