Date / Calendar validation.

[Former Community Member]

Hi there,

i need some help with date fields and calendar validation.

My issue is not only a pattern issue ...

In my PDF modules when i have date fields, users are allowed to choose a date from calendar but also to write the date with this pattern: DD MMMM YYYY (eg 19 December 2011).

Using pattern i see that is possible to fill the date field with the following entry:  34 December 200000011 !

Does anyone have a validation function or some tricks to allow user to fill the field only with real dates based on calendar?

Thx

[whyisthisme]

You can do a script like the following which will clear the entry if they don't follow the correct pattern:

(if formcalc in the exit event for the calendar)

var startDate = $.formattedValue

if (Date2Num(startDate, "DD/MMMM/YYYY") == 0) then

$=""

endif

the Date2Num will give 0 if the pattern isn't correct.