Calendar help

[David REMD]

I am new to the calendar plugin. I am trying to simply populate an input with a date selected from the calendar. I am getting an error:

selection = Calendar.GetSelection("calendar");
Input.SetText("Input1", selection);

What is wrong with my code?

[longedge]

The "On Select" event of the calendar sets event variables e_StartDate and e_EndDate so if you put something like -

Input.SetText("Input1",e_StartDate);

in the select event of the calendar then that will work.

[David REMD]

Thanks for your help. Now, how do I format the date as dd/mm/yyyy?

[longedge]

One (long winded but easy to understand) way -

strdate=e_StartDate
yr = String.Left(strdate, 4);
month = String.Mid(strdate, 6, 2);
day = String.Right(strdate, 2);
strformatteddate = "The selected date is "..day..":"..month..":"..yr

Input.SetText("Input1",strformatteddate);

[David REMD]

I have attached .apz file.

I am trying to populate an input object with the calendar date selection from a DialogEx. Please help.

[longedge]

One way of doing it. The page timer isn't very elegant but just off the top of my head I can't think of another way.

[TopicTJ]

Here's a way of doing it without a timer.

Also, if you download Worm's DateDiff plugin you'll find it really useful in extending the calendar functionality.


TTJ

[longedge]

Here's a way of doing it without a timer.

:yes dohhh.... number 2 braincell wasn't switched on

[Dermot]

or a simpler solution is to use Reteset's DateTimePicker plugin. http://www.amsplugins.com/details.asp?ID=55&CID=2

[David REMD]

I can't open the .rar file?

[Dermot]

Opens fine for me using WinRar

[David REMD]

Got it. Thank you!

[David REMD]

:yesGreat plugin.

After much time spent; I cannot figure out the code to prevent a user from selecting a date in the past, present a dialog informing the user they cannot select a date in the past, and reset the date to today, or allow the user to continue if a valid date was selected. Anyone?