Date field - default to today
Worst, Debbie
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File -> Form Properties
Choose “Defaults” tab
Select “Preserve Scripting changes to form when saved” and make sure it is set to automatic.
Let me know if that worked.
Duane
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Worst, Debbie
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Jono Moore
value, then do the date routine - if there is a value then leave it
alone.
//check if field has value and assign date if no value
if (fieldName.rawValue == null){
this.rawValue = new Date();
}
//assign current value if field has a value already
else {
this.rawValue = this.rawValue;
}
Actually on thinking about it the else may not be needed, I've just
always had it in there for some reason.
On Mar 23, 11:21 am, "Worst, Debbie" <dwo...@GAIC.COM> wrote:
> I have a date field that the user wants to default to "today". The problem I'm having is that on "initialize" is where I would put the code for the date to be populated, but when you save and close and then re-open it changes the date.....anyone have any idea on how I could have this date field remain what was originally input?
Duane Nickull
A more elegant solution for this would be to use LiveCycle Workspace on ES2. Including forms as part of a long lived business process is LC ES’s forte.
Duane
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Worst, Debbie
To: Adobe LiveCycle Developers
Subject: Re: Date field - default to today
Duane Nickull
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Duane Nickull
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Worst, Debbie
Jono Moore
actually use a text field not a date field.
Part of the problem might be how your date/time field is setup and
getting its values. So, not knowing how you're getting the value,
maybe try the following.
You could use a text field and use the something like the following
FormCalc script to get what you need for date and time (FormCalc is
easier for dealing with dates than JavaScript. You can get the values
for DateFmt() and TimeFmt() in Help):
if ($.rawValue == null)
then
var d = num2date(date(), DateFmt(3))
var t = num2time(time(), TimeFmt(2))
$ = concat(d, Space(1), t)
else ($.rawValue)
endif
Hope that helps!
P.S.
If you're getting tricky with FormCalc you could do the whole date
calculation in one line:
$ = concat(num2date(date(), DateFmt(3)), Space(1), num2time(time(),
TimeFmt(2)))
On Mar 23, 1:00 pm, "Worst, Debbie" <dwo...@GAIC.COM> wrote:
> I did and the time changed each time I opened the form which would lead me to believe that the date will change also.
>
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> You could use a Date/Time field to test.
>
> D
>
> On 3/23/10 12:34 PM, "Worst, Debbie" <dwo...@GAIC.COM> wrote:
>
> Well, I'm going to do an overnight test to see if tomorrow when I open the form that currently has todays date in it if it changes to the current date tomorrow, because when I had it formatted as date/time, the time changed every time I opened the form, so therefore I would assume that the date will change also.
>
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> yes - Jono's script should work fine.
>
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> On 23-Mar-10, at 12:11 PM, Worst, Debbie wrote:
>
> so do I use a datefield object? If so, it still is changing the time so it will change the date then also.
>
> I'm confused??
>
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>
> That should work fine. Debbie - the problem, is that if you put one script on the initialize event, it will fire every time the event is thrown so each new user will get a new date. I had assumed you had cast the date to a variable. One easy way to do this is using Jono's script and set a hidden field to equal the date the first time a user opens the form. On subsequent times, the date can be read in (using his "if..else) and used to set the date.
>
> A more elegant solution for this would be to use LiveCycle Workspace on ES2. Including forms as part of a long lived business process is LC ES's forte.
>
> Duane
>
> On 3/23/10 11:48 AM, "Jono Moore" <jono.mo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You need to check whether there is a value in the field or not. If no
> value, then do the date routine - if there is a value then leave it
> alone.
>
> //check if field has value and assign date if no value
> if (fieldName.rawValue == null){
> this.rawValue = new Date();}
>
> //assign current value if field has a value already
> else {
> this.rawValue = this.rawValue;
>
> }
>
> Actually on thinking about it the else may not be needed, I've just
> always had it in there for some reason.
>
> On Mar 23, 11:21 am, "Worst, Debbie" <dwo...@GAIC.COM> wrote:
>
> > I have a date field that the user wants to default to "today". The problem I'm having is that on "initialize" is where I would put the code for the date to be populated, but when you save and close and then re-open it changes the date.....anyone have any idea on how I could have this date field remain what was originally input?
>
> > Thanks,
>
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Duane Nickull
Pure genius?
The attached two forms might be a good workaround. You will be able to open the first one with Acrobat and the date will default to the system date/time. When you place the cursor into the date/time field and then exit that field (it is fully editable), the original Date/Time becomes hidden and it’s value it copied to a second date/time field which then becomes visible. These could be laid out on top of each other. The second date/time field is “read only” so subsequent users cannot change that date. The initial user can still set the first date/time if they want to something other than the system. If you want it to always be read from the system, make this one “read only – calculated”.
If you open up the DateTime.pdf, the date time value should read 5:48:21 (what I set) and be immutable by you. The first one is the form before the user changes the date.
Let us know if that works.
Duane