If you are referring to things like automatically formatting  a phone number as it is entered you would use Sbasic programming in an element exit or element immediate change. Here is an example of the telephone number field formatting code that also checks to validate the amount of digits and notify the user if something is incorrect.

just substitute your element name for mine named homephone.

// Formats Telephone Number

var vHPhone as String    
var vNewHPhone As String 
var vhphonecount
var vhpnentered

     Vhpnentered = @num(HomePhone)
     // Writeln(Vhpnentered)
     
     vhphonecount = @num(@len(vhpnentered))
     //writeln(vhphonecount)

If vhphonecount = "10"


{
     @color(HomePhone,0,7)
     vHPhone = @Num(HomePhone)
     vNewHPhone = "(" + @Left(vHPhone, 3) + ") " + @Mid(vHPhone, 4, 3) + "-" + @Right(vHPhone, 4)
     HomePhone = vNewHPhone 
}
else
{
     @color(HomePhone,7,1)
     @msgbox("The Telephone Number needs to be Exactly 10 Digits", "The numbers you entered " +
     @num(Homephone),"is : " + Vhphonecount + " Digits Please check Home Telephone and Re-enter")
     // Goto HomePhone 
}   

Field templates, as they exist in Q&A, are not implemented in this version of Sesame. If there is sufficient demand for this feature, it may be added to future versions.

I'm with "Bones" I would like the flexibility of just being able to tell the time and not to have to build a watch...so to speak.

But for those who like and need to build watches I think the flexibility would be great! 8)

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Well add me to the list of users that would like this feature added !!!

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var vYears as Int
var vMonths as Int
var vDays as Int
var vBirthdate as date = Birthdate
var VAge as string
vDays = @date - vBirthdate
vYears = vDays/365.25
vMonths = vDays/30

If vDays >= 365 then
     {
           vAge = @str (vYears) + " Years"
          If @Int (vYears) = 1 then
           vAge = @Replace (vAge, "Years", "Year")
     }
Else if vDays >= 30 and vDays < 365 then      
     {
           vAge = @str (vMonths) + " Months"
        If @Int (vMonths) = 1 then
           vAge = @Replace (vAge, "Months", "Month")
     }
Else if vDays < 30 then
     {
           vAge = @str (vDays) + " Days"
        If @Int (vDays) = 1 then
           vAge = @Replace (vAge, "Days", "Day")
     }
Age = Vage

Bob_Scott and Bharat,

These would be a great start to the new Programming Examples Board. 

I would also like to have the templets.  The users may not like it but in some cases it needs to be required.