Change "String" into data type "Date"

Hi,
I have created a report containing several date fields for a plan/actual comparison. The connection is built up by using the jdbc connector.
My problem is that the date fields are only displayed as String, but I actually want them to be displayed as Date type.
Here an example:
Right now the date fields are displayed like this "20060411"
but I want them to be displayed like this ("11/04/2006", or similar).
I would appreciate any suggestions to solve this problem!
Cheers
Thomas

Hi Thomas,
Check out the following links :
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04/helpdata/en/55/55a34098022a54e10000000a1550b0/content.htm
http://help.sap.com/download/netweaver/nw04/visualcomposer/VC_60_UserGuide_v1_1.pdf
Re: Custom message in VC
Thanks in advance,
Deep.

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