Dialog and decimal fields

[Formzet_-_Zoete]

I've created a dialog with AcroDialogs.

Works great, but i have a few problems.

I've got a decimal field where the decimals are comma separated.

The Dialog previews the currently filled in data from the field.

It shows the wrong value and when i continue the field is empty

When the decimal field has a value: 500,00

The dialog shows: 500,000000

When i continue, the field is empty

But when i replace the comma into a point in the dialog, it works perfect.

How can I change the points in commas and vice versa?

I also have a problem putting a date into a date field.

It previews it as it has been inputted in the dialog

[Thom_Parker]

I find the "numeric" designation for a field to be a distraction.  Never use it.  There is no way to control the formatting.  You're best approach is to never allow an actual "Number" type value to be placed in a field.

For example, if "mytx" is the id for a text field:

This is the correct way to put a number looking value into the field

   dialog.load({"mytx":"2.50"});

This is the wrong way to do it.

   dialog.load({"mytx":2.50});

For the real thing use "util.printf()" to format the numbers the way you'd like before they are applied to the dialog.  I typically set the field "variable" values to the correct string format before activating the dialog, and then modify the dialog "commit" function to return number values.

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