Re: [MS_AccessPros] Date comparisons in a form control

 

I forgot to put the #s John - I did have them and still had the same problem.

When you asked Douane if my dates were in US format that rang a bell - I am in the UK and the date I am comparing to is 1st August - so do I simply use #08/01/17# instead of my natural inclination to use #01/08/17# ?

What about code to enable this to work from year to year without recoding?

many thanks

On Wednesday, 2 August 2017, 20:28, "John Viescas JohnV@msn.com [MS_Access_Professionals]" <MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

Phil-

You're comparing a date to 1 divided by 8 divided by 17. :-)

If [date placed] < #1/8/17# Then

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On Aug 2, 2017, at 12:31, pdk444444@yahoo.co.uk [MS_Access_Professionals] <MS_Access_Professionals@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Hi Guys

This one should be straightforward I hope ....

In a form control I am trying to prevent the user from putting in an incorrect date.

I only want the date to be between 1/8/17 and the current date

I have the following code triggered by the On Exit event of the control

if [date placed] < 1/8/17 then

msgbox "date placed cannot be before 1/8/17"

[date placed] = null

elseif [date placed] > date then

msgbox "date placed cannot be in the future"

[date placed] = date

end if

the elseif seems to work perfectly but the test for before 1/8/17 doesn't work properly.

What am I doing wrong?

Also, so that I don't have to change the code each year, how can I code it so that between 1/8/nn and 31/7/nn+1 it uses 1/8/nn for the date test?

cheers

Phil

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Posted by: Phil Knowles <pdk444444@yahoo.co.uk>

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