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This works for me! Thanks so much for your help. -----Original Message----- From: J Bealer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 8:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [PDF-Forms] Need Custom Calculation Script to format date PDF-Forms is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ __________________________________________________________________ Carol, Using Acrobat's own date validation, you could try something like this, substituting your own alerts, in the Custom Validate script of your date field : if(event.value) { var DateOK = AFParseDateEx(event.value,"mm/dd/yyyy"); if(DateOK != null) { app.alert("date ok"); event.value = util.printd("mm/dd/yyyy", DateOK); } else { event.value = ""; app.alert("date not ok"); } } >From: "McDowell, Carol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [PDF-Forms] Need Custom Calculation Script to format date >Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 11:16:42 -0500 > > >PDF-Forms is a service provided by PDFzone.com | >http://www.pdfzone.com/ >__________________________________________________________________ > >I'm a beginner with using javascript in forms. I'd appreciate help >with >the >following problem: > >I have a date field where the user will type in a date value. I want >to >use >a custom calculation script where no matter what the user types in for the >date, it will reformat it to mm/dd/yyyy. For example, if the user types >"03/29/04" or "March 29, 2004", I want the value to change to "03/29/2004" >automatically. > >I don't want to use the format field category because when the user >doesn't type the date with this format, an invalid date/time warning >pops up that says to make sure the date/time exists and that the format should match the >format mm/dd/yyyy. I'd rather write my own warning in the custom >calculation script if the user types in anything other than a date. > >Thanks. > >To change your subscription: >http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfforms.html > _________________________________________________________________ Get rid of annoying pop-up ads with the new MSN Toolbar - FREE! http://toolbar.msn.com/go/onm00200414ave/direct/01/ To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfforms.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfforms.html
