Clear datefield if user choose wrong pattern (or validation fails)

[Former Community Member]

Hi,

I have a date field for which i have set a particular pattern("DD/MM/YYYY").

I want to clear off  the entered value if user types in the value in wrong format.

I know this is possible in Designer 9.0 using

if (this.errorText != null)

then

this.rawValue = 0;   -- in the exit event

But, i'm using designer 8.2 for the current project and please advise how this can be made possible here.

Thanks,

kc

[radzmar · Accepted solution]

I don't think it's a good idea to restrict the entry format to only one pattern.

This will be frustrating the users, as the validation may fail too often.

It's better to make the entry as flexible as possible by combining several patterns:

As Edit pattern use:

date{DD.MM.YYYY}|date{DD:MM:YYYY}|date{DDMMYYYY}|date{DD MM YYYY}|date{DD-MM-YYYY}|date{DD,MM,YYYY}|date{DD/MM/YYYY}|date{DD.MM.YY}|date{DD:MM:YY}|date{DDMMYY}|date{DD MM YY}|date{DD-MM-YY}|date{DD,MM,YY}|date{DD/MM/YY}

and as display pattern:

date{DD/MM/YYYY}

Users so can enter dates in manifold ways but always get the displayed correctly as DD/MM/YYYY.

[Niall_O_Donovan]

Snap Radzmar - took the words out of my mouth