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PowerCOBOL V11.0 Reference
FUJITSU Software

4.312 UseDefaultDate Property

Description:

Indicates whether to display the current system date when the input to a RenderText date style item is blank.

Used in object:

RenderText

Values (with constants):

True - Displays the current system date, formatted to the RenderText specification, when the corresponding text field is empty.

(POW-TRUE)

False - Displays spaces when the corresponding text field is empty.(POW-FALSE)

It is only effective when the RenderStyle property is "2 - Date".

When the value is False, you should ensure a value is set in "YYYYMMDD" format.

Default value:

True - Displays the current system date, formatted to the RenderText specification, when the corresponding text field is empty.

(POW-TRUE)

COBOL picture:

S9(4) COMP-5

OLE data type:

VT_BOOL

Design time access:

Set and reference.

Execution time access:

Reference only.

Backward compatibility attribute:

None.