HP Data Entry and Forms Management System (VPLUS) Reference Manual (32209-90024)

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INTRODUCTION TO FORMS DESIGN
FIELD MENU
MDY Specifies data to be a date in the order month, day, year.
DMY Specifies data to be a date in the order day, month, year.
YMD Specifies data to be a date in the order year, month, day.
When Native Language Support is used, the symbols used to indicate
thousands and decimals are language-dependent. The names of months
and their abbreviations are accepted for each native language at run-time.
For more information on Native Language Support, see Section 8.
Default CHAR
Initial Value Specify data to be displayed in the field when the form is initially
displayed.