Date Format?Windows Problem

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3 total messages Started by Gary Purvis Tue, 25 Aug 1998 00:00

#435

Author: Gary Purvis
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 00:00

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We have recently installed 3 new Win95 Pc's in our office, and have
transferred a small application which was programmed with Visual Basic
(source code long since lost) from our old 3.1 machines.

This application requires a Uk type date input (dd/mm/yy), but only one
of the three supposedly indentical new PC's will accept this input. The
other two will not accept a day of the month over 12. Presumably it is
looking for a US type input (mm/dd/yy). This program ran with no probs
on our old machines. Is there any Windows enviroment type files that
could affect a compiled VB program in this way? I am confused :)

-- 
Gary Purvis
<gary@saints1.demon.co.uk>

Re: Date Format?Windows Problem

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Author: Dale M. Nurden
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 00:00

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On Tue, 25 Aug 1998 20:34:40 +0100, Gary Purvis
<gary@saints1.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>This application requires a Uk type date input (dd/mm/yy), but only one
>of the three supposedly indentical new PC's will accept this input. The
>other two will not accept a day of the month over 12. Presumably it is
>looking for a US type input (mm/dd/yy). This program ran with no probs
>on our old machines. Is there any Windows enviroment type files that
>could affect a compiled VB program in this way? I am confused :)

Look at the Regional Settings in Win95 Control Panel.

-Dale
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Your market research is wrong! I am not interested in your product.
Don't add me to your mailing list and don't ask me to "reply to
remove myself". Just leave me alone.

Re: Date Format?Windows Problem

#437

Author: Gary Purvis
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 00:00

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In article <35e34ada.15136043@dbn-news.iafrica.com>, Dale M. Nurden
<dalen@not.my.real.email.address> writes
>
>Look at the Regional Settings in Win95 Control Panel.
>
>-Dale
>---
>Dale M. Nurden    __|__  Highway Radio, 101.5FM
>                    |    What boots up must go down
>dalen-rcis.co.za    |    http://users.iafrica.com/d/da/dalen
>dalen-iafrica.com   |    For Email, use '@' in place of '-'.

The Regional settings were my first thought, but everything there seemed
to be ok. After working my way through anything else I could think of I
came back to Regional Settings. I changed to English(United
States)..rebooted...changed back to English (United Kingdom)..rebooted
again....and hey presto, everything worked. 

These computers can be damn sneaky!

Thx for your input.
-- 
Gary

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