Javascript Date() function not working

[Former Community Member]

Hi,



I'm experiencing some problems with the Date() function in javascript. The problem is that the function doesn't seem to work. For example when I do "var date = new Date(); xfa.host.messageBox(date);" in the enter event of a date field, I get "Date is not a function" error message in de javascript debugger.



Is there anyone out there who knows how why the Date function is not working in LiveCycle Designer. Am I using the Date function in an improper way or maybe I am using the wrong function?



Please can anyone help me out?

[Former Community Member]

Just tried it and it worked for me .... I noticed that if I use



xfa.host.messageBox(date);



I go a blank message but if I used



app.alert(date);



then it worked fine.

[Former Community Member]

Just played a bit more ...it looks like the xfa.host.messageBox doesn't try to set the object as a string like app.alert does. If you change it to a string it works fine. Try this:



xfa.host.messageBox(date.toString());

[Former Community Member]

Hi Paul,



Thanx for you reply. It worked fine.



I also found out that following works as well:



var MyDate = util.scand("dd-mm-yyyy",new Date());

console.println("this date: "+util.printd("dd-mm-yyyy", MyDate));