Re: Outlook style data entry (dates, times, names, addresses, etc.)

[Aaron A. Anderson]

Heh. We've spent a lot of time reverse engeneering Outlooks's name and
address parser, with only some success, but it's still cruder than
outlook's. Good luck to ya.

In article <38d25166@news.devx.com>, griffordson@hotmail.com says...
> I love the way Outlook forms handle data entry of dates, times, names,
> addresses, etc. For example, you can type "2 weeks" in a date control and it
> resolves to the date two weeks from today's date. The name control parses an
> entry such as "Mr. John Dull Doe Jr." and assigns values to the appropriate
> fields. The address control does the same for addresses.
>
> Are there any 3rd party controls available which do this? If you are
> familiar with the Outlook, do you have any comments regarding these
> controls? Is there anything that you would change about the way these
> controls work if you were redesigning them?
>
> Matt Griffith
>
>
>

[Matt Griffith]

Aaron,

> Heh. We've spent a lot of time reverse engeneering Outlooks's name and
> address parser, with only some success, but it's still cruder than
> outlook's.

Yeah, I expect this to be a huge project. I'll be starting with the date &
time controls. I haven't given the name, address, and phone # controls a lot
of thought yet, but I'm hoping they'll be a little easier than the date
control. :-)

I'm surprised no third parties have tackled these. IMO, they would be
infinitely more useful/valuable than yet another bound grid control.

> Good luck to ya.

Thanks, I'll need it!

Matt Griffith