That's amazing! I changed the numeric type from Double to Integer, got an error message, changed it back to Double and now the thing works. I have no clue how it worked but it did and I thank you both very much.
Rick
Rick
--- In vantage@yahoogroups.com, Karen Schoenung <kschoenung@...> wrote:
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> I remember something about a workaround actually stating that is the step to making the mask work - change the drop down and then changing it back
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> From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of cooner_55421
> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2011 4:00 PM
> To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Vantage] Re: Specified Mask Error (Vantage 8.03.409C)
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> Hi Rick,
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> Just an FYI...
> I had a couple of minutes so I duplicated the error.
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> I changed the mask for that field from nnn,nnn.nnnnnnnn to nnn,nnn,nnn,nnn.nn.
> I didn't write down the exact code.
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> But... what is weird, I edited one more time & now the mask nnn,nnn,nnn,nnn.nn is working just fine???
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> I can think of one thing I did that might have triggered a refresh ... I attempted to change it from Double to Numeric & got another error.
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> Anyway, I wish I had a good answer for you. I've just accepted that masks are a little weird & I've gotten in the habit of saving before I change them.
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> --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>, "Richard" <rgraf@<mailto:rgraf@>> wrote:
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> > Thanks for the feedback. I did see that but I'm not sure it applies. This is a regular field in the JobOper table, not a user defined field. I did go to the CUSTOM XML Editor and looked at the Custom Properties sheet but it doesn't show the numeric type for this field. The numeric type displayed in the regular properties box is already "Double" so it's kind of a dead end anyway.
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> > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>, "cooner_55421" <cooner_55421@> wrote:
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> > > Hi Rick,
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> > > This is a common error.
> > > I think the mask is still in the XML even after you change the value back in the designer.
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> > > There is a tech tip on Epicweb that might help you fix it.
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> > > https://epicweb.epicor.com/ReportServer/Pages/ReportViewer.aspx?/ePortal/ABDetail&rs:Command=Render&rc:Toolbar=true&Card_ID=3391ESC&Answerbook=Change+Requests
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> > > --- In vantage@yahoogroups.com<mailto:vantage%40yahoogroups.com>, "Richard" <rgraf@> wrote:
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> > > > Hello All,
> > > > In Job Entry the JobOper.ProdStandard field displays 8 decimal places! Our quantities often exceed the remaining space so the screen truncates the number so it shows all 8 zeros to the right of the decimal point. We tried customizing to dsplay only 2 decimals but now get an error message saying "The specified mask is not compatible with the current value of the 'NumericType' property." We changed the MaskInput back to the original number of decimal places and expanded the field but the error persists. I don't want to rewrite the customization and I have absolutely no use for a quantity displayed to 8 decimal places. Does anyone know how to change the format of the display without creating an error? Is it possible to change the format of the JobOper.ProdStandard field? Thanks for any help.
> > > > Rick
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