I have the dateField in an exitable Flex component within a DataGrid. The field is empty and when I hit the dateField I get the error.
timgerr --- In [email protected], "Fotis Chatzinikos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > are you passing an empty string as a date? > > >> cannot convert "" to Date > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 5:32 PM, timgerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert "" to Date. > > at mx.controls::DateField/set > > > > data()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\controls\DateField.as:735] > > at > > > > mx.controls::DataGrid/itemEditorItemEditBeginHandler()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\controls\DataGrid.as:4755] > > at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction() > > at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent() > > at > > > > mx.core::UIComponent/dispatchEvent()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as:9051] > > at > > > > mx.controls::DataGrid/commitEditedItemPosition()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\controls\DataGrid.as:3676] > > at > > > > mx.controls::DataGrid/updateDisplayList()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\controls\DataGrid.as:1498] > > at > > > > mx.controls.listClasses::ListBase/validateDisplayList()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\controls\listClasses\ListBase.as:3281] > > at > > > > mx.managers::LayoutManager/validateDisplayList()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\managers\LayoutManager.as:602] > > at > > > > mx.managers::LayoutManager/doPhasedInstantiation()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\managers\LayoutManager.as:675] > > at Function/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply() > > at > > > > mx.core::UIComponent/callLaterDispatcher2()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as:8460] > > at > > > > mx.core::UIComponent/callLaterDispatcher()[E:\dev\3.0.x\frameworks\projects\framework\src\mx\core\UIComponent.as:8403] > > at flash.utils::Timer/_timerDispatch() > > at flash.utils::Timer/tick() > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, Alex > > Harui <aharui@> wrote: > > > > > > Please use a debug build and post the complete stacktrace. > > > > > > From: [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: > > [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>] > > On Behalf Of timgerr > > > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:46 AM > > > To: [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot > > convert "" to Date w/ Datagrid > > > > > > > > > Alex thanks for the reply, I am still getting the same error. > > > > > > timgerr > > > > > > --- In > > [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: > > flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%2540yahoogroups.com>>, Alex > > Harui <aharui@> wrote: > > > > > > > > editorDataField="selectedDate" > > > > > > > > From: > > [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: > > flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%2540yahoogroups.com>> > > [mailto:[email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: > > flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%2540yahoogroups.com>>] > > > On Behalf Of timgerr > > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 9:32 PM > > > > To: [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com><mailto: > > flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%2540yahoogroups.com>> > > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot > > > convert "" to Date w/ Datagrid > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > I am trying to add a datefield to a datagrid using a itemEditor. I > > > > have seen that people are having this problem but I canot find a > > > > solution (That I understand). Has anyone ever had this problem and > > > > what did you do to solve it. Here is my code: > > > > > > > > <mx:DataGrid id="CertDG" width="528" height="60%" editable="true"> > > > > <mx:columns> > > > > <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Name" dataField="cert_name"/> > > > > <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Issuer" dataField="issuer"/> > > > > <mx:DataGridColumn headerText="Achieved" > > > > dataField="date_achieved" editorDataField="text"> > > > > <mx:itemEditor> > > > > <mx:Component> > > > > <mx:DateField formatString="DD-MM-YY" > > > > yearNavigationEnabled="true" toolTip="Format:DD-MM-YY"/> > > > > </mx:Component> </mx:itemEditor> > > > > </mx:DataGridColumn> > > > > </mx:columns> > > > > </mx:DataGrid> > > > > > > > > Thanks for the read, > > > > timgerr > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Fotis Chatzinikos, Ph.D. > Founder, > Phinnovation > [EMAIL PROTECTED], >
