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The percentage format in the forms

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2007-01-08 14:03:42
hchl2pr
Registered: Jan 4 2007
Posts: 10

Hi !
I'd like to know why the percentage format category multiplies the field value by 100 ??
Exemple 40% aprears 4000%. Well the calculation is correct but it's not logic to see 4000%
Is there any thing to do in order to take off the 2 last "00" ??
 
Thank you guys

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2007-01-10 13:49:06
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thomp
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Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
Yeah, enter .4 for 40%. You see, percentage means that you divide by 100.

I know what you are getting at. You'd like to enter 40 to mean 40%, meaning that the field value is actually .4. The field value has to be .4 or it can't be used in a calculation. The same is true for % fields that are auto filled thru a calculation or assiged by other logic. They have to display a %value, but have the correct numerical value underneath.

Your choices are to go with the default behavior or write your own formatting function.

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