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Ok so I have a list with various fields, one of which is date. When the user enters a date I want the date that gets displayed to be 3 days later than what they enter.

So far I've only played around with the validation as thats the only place I can see to enter and code into, can someone please point me in the right direction?

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If you are provisioning your list in Visual Studio, you could add feature event receivers to the list that modify the data on the insert/update operations performed by users. The article linked to should get you started in the right direction.

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I'd probably create a calculated column that takes the value of that date and adds 3 days, =[Column]+3. Manipulating the user input can cause confusion for them. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb862071.aspx

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  • Where do I enter the formula on the sharepoint?
    – Ben
    Commented Aug 7, 2012 at 13:25
  • You create a new calculated column in the list itself.
    – Eric Alexander
    Commented Aug 7, 2012 at 13:26
  • Ok, sorry to sound stupid :P but how do I do that?
    – Ben
    Commented Aug 7, 2012 at 13:39
  • Go to your list and either go to Actions, Create Column if in 2007 or the List tab in the ribbon and click Create Column if in 2010.
    – Eric Alexander
    Commented Aug 7, 2012 at 14:02

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