From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 00:03:57 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 706 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Sunday 05 October 2003 Number 706 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Fwd: RE: Problem With Exceptions : Gregory Hicks" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2003 10:29:56 -0850 (CDT) From: "Gregory Hicks" Subject: Fwd: RE: Problem With Exceptions Found a littel GEM on one of my mailing lists.. System Admins and programmers - read and laugh at the misfortune of one... >To: cbuilder at topica dot com> > Would it help for you if you changed the ShortDateFormat and > LongDateFormat global variables? Take a look at the "Currency and > date/time formatting variables" in the help. You can > hard-wire your date > preferences, instead of reading them from Windows. That way you could > make your application independent from the Windows locale. > That's very > important in Europe too, where some people use English Windows, and > others use localized Windows. Yes, indeed it helped in some situation, mostly when the users weren't required to see/type the data. But in some case, it's rude to bind the user to a specific format if they're not used to it. There was this "luser" once... It was before I work here. He called on a Sunday morning, on fire, yelling about his reports "not being printed correctly"... It was a critical application, so I jumped in my clothes, grabbed a cup of coffee and got to the customer's house, both eyes still shut... He had brought a new computer, with US English Windows on it, so when he asked for the 02/05/2001 report, the system printed the February 5th 2001 report instead of the May 2nd... What did I learn from this experience? 1) Date, time, float and other "localization-dependant" types that interract with the user must be parsed by hand. 2) Don't give your personal phone number to a user. :) Martin V. ==== Developing software is a grueling workout. Outfit yourself with gear made for the long haul. Get tutorials, skills, and code for open standards-based software at developerWorks. http://www.topica dot com/partner/AP-3MBD37/partners/ibm/aff_landing.html ==== ==^================== This email was sent to: ghicks at ihug dot com dot au EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica dot com/u/?b1deS0.b2OEuJ.Z2hpY2tz Or send an email to: cbuilder-unsubscribe at topica dot com TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica dot com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^================== ===================END FORWARDED MESSAGE=================== ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------