Format chnages back to default onEnter

[fugifox]

I am facing a problem the solution of which may be piece of cake
but still I can't find it.

I want to convert the Date Format from American to British.
I've successfully set the Format property of the field (at the Table level*)
and the date is displayed as I want.
But the problem is that when user clicks inside the field
to start typing the date, the latter returns to the original Format.

Any ideas?

*=I've set it at the Table level since I believe it is inefficient to set it on every Form based on that Table.

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

I can never understand the problem with the UK and US dates, I find that if the machine is set up as UK the dates appear in UK format, and if the machine is set up as US the dates appear in U.S. format.

Have you tried running your program with the PC setup as either a UK or USA machine?

 

[fugifox]

I can never understand the problem with the UK and US dates, I find that if the machine is set up as UK the dates appear in UK format, and if the machine is set up as US the dates appear in U.S. format.

Have you tried running your program with the PC setup as either a UK or USA machine?

You are right at the first part of your post
but the problem is that it can not be implement in my case
since the program will be installed in client machines
where users don't have permission to change the regional settings

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

>>> where user may not change the regional settings<<<

Well to be honest that's their problem and not yours I reckon.

Anyway, I don't see that happening, I would never work on a USA formatted machine, I would always switch it to UK . And I believe my counterpart in the USA would do the same.

 

[fugifox]

>>> where user may not change the regional settings<<<

Well to be honest that's their problem and not yours I reckon.

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I was requested to build it that way, so I suppose it is my problem too.
Anyway, I am supposed to build different versions for each Format,
since users comr from different countries