Directives for Time Pictures (Magic xpa 3.x)
The table below provides a list of positional directives for Time pictures.
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Directive
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Description
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Range
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HH
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A placeholder for the hour.
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00-99
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MM
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A placeholder for the minutes.
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00-59
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SS
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A placeholder for the seconds.
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00-59
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:
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A placeholder for the time separator position. Magic xpa replaces this character with the character defined in the Time Separator environment setting.
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PM
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A placeholder for the AM/PM attribute. PM restricts the maximum value of the HH directive to 12.
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AM or PM
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Directive
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Name
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Description
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A
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Auto Skip
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Instructs Magic xpa to move automatically to the next field, without waiting for a next variable action, when the last character of the variable has been typed during data entry.
Default: No
Platform specific: This directive is not supported for mobile devices.
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Zc
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Zero Fill
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Instructs Magic xpa to replace any 0 of the displayed variable with the character value. If you do not specify any character, the variable is padded with blanks.
Note: c represents a mask character. To use a directive character, for example X, where c appears, preface it with a backslash, as in \X.
Default: no character
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Sample
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Since Magic xpa defines the default picture mask HH/MM/SS for a Time variable, the sample area initially shows HH/MM/SS also. If you change the default picture, this area shows the exact template of the variable as it will be displayed, that is, which mask characters are displayed and how many positions the variable will occupy on screen or report forms.
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Examples of Time Pictures
