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If you remove the input mask the date picker should show up.
Date picker doesn't show?
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I have a control on a form based on a field that is a Date field. The Date Picker property is showing "For Dates" but the picker doesn't show. The control is set to Short Date and I have created an input mask of --/--/----
Can anyone explain why the date picker doesn't show?
Thanks
Tony
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Anonymous
2011-05-15T21:54:26+00:00 Sorry... just being jocular. A Date/Time field can have a date picker, or it can have an input mask, but not both - I was just pulling on the old slang term for redundancy, "belt and suspenders" - you'ld probably say "belt and braces" being from the UK.
A rather lame joke I fear!
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Anonymous
2011-05-15T09:46:12+00:00 The belt was getting in the way of attaching the suspenders!
Sorry John, I don't understand this? An unusual answer from you?
Tony
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Anonymous
2011-05-13T17:50:23+00:00 The belt was getting in the way of attaching the suspenders!
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Anonymous
2011-05-13T16:48:57+00:00 Thanks easy when you know how :-)
Tony