Best way to replace DtPIcker?

When using AcuToWeb, the Acu Date Entry control can be used and some additional properties can provide the look and feel I believe that you are looking for:

https://www.microfocus.com/documentation/extend-acucobol/1021/extend-Interoperability-Suite/BKINRHINUI0L.html

Thank you.

I had studied that doc, and what I found were two behaviors that don't work for our applications.

1. Once in the date entry control, regardless of what the operator does, the date remains non-zero usually the system date. We have many dates that can legitimately be zero/blank such as an employee termination date. DATE-ENTRY provides no way to enter a 0 date. I have managed to code a workaround for that: I make the Del key a termination key, and when it is pressed and the control exits, the program sees the termination value and sets the date to 0, destroys the DATE-ENTRY control, and displays an ordinary ENTRY-FIELD with the blank date in it. Yes, it's a major kludge, but it will probably work for us although it requires a lot of source code.

2. When control passes to the DATE-ENTRY field, a zero date is always converted to the system date with no warning. A heads-down operator could easily end up entering non-zero termination dates unless they press the Delete key. I have found no work-around for this. 

Regards,

Good morning.

Can you try the SHOW-NONE style?

03 Screen1-De-1, Date-Entry,
  COL 6.20, LINE 3.90, LINES 2.60 CELLS, SIZE 14.90 CELLS,
  ID IS 1, NOTIFY-CHANGE, SHOW-NONE, VALUE-FORMAT 0,
  VALUE Screen1-De-1-Value,
  EVENT PROCEDURE Screen1-De-1-Event-Proc.

From the Documentation that Stephen was reporting yesterday:

DISPLAY DATE-ENTRY, SHOW-NONE, VALUE ZERO
DISPLAY DATE-ENTRY, SHOW-NONE, VALUE 999999

DISPLAY DATE-ENTRY, SHOW-NONE, VALUE ZERO
DISPLAY DATE-ENTRY, SHOW-NONE, VALUE 999999

Claudio-

Thank you. It is a good thought, and I had tried SHOW-NONE but decided our customers would find it unacceptable for a variety of reasons:

1. Zero/blank dates are not only valid but meaningful in many locations. I.e. A blank termination date indicates an active employee; non-zero indicates a terminated employee. The DATE-ENTRY always displays the current system date for 0 dates. The operators would have to be trained to know that an unchecked box indicates a zero value. That would be a big change for them.

2. Almost everywhere in our applications the values on the screen reflect the actual data values. If we use SHOW-NONE, the operators would have to be trained that when the box is unchecked, even though the value on the screen is non-zero, the value of the data is zero. I don't think we could ever sell that to them. .

3. Unless there is a trick of which I am unaware, the only way an operator could correct a date to zero would be to uncheck the box with the mouse. Even in GUI mode, we support many keyboard loving operators who eschew the mouse, Requiring them to use it would be a problem for everyone.

4. Worse, when the box is unchecked the displayed date is unchanged  (I understand that it can't be blank but changing to the system date would be preferable to only showing the empty check box.)

Regards,