Thanks for this post. This saved me. Looks like a nasty bug with the DateField control. Has this been logged for Adobe to fix?
--- In [email protected], "Josh McDonald" <dzn...@...> wrote: > > Figured this out for anybody who has the same problem in the future - if you > use a labelFunction, make damn sure you supply a custom parseFunction, or > set parseFunction to null! > > A pretty ugly silent failure tho methinks. > > -J > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Josh McDonald <j...@...> wrote: > > > No, it's being set to null, and I can't see how. As in when I click on > > another field in the form, I'm getting a CalendarLayoutChangeEvent from the > > DateField, with newDate as null, and at that time > > innerDateField.selectedDate is null. Interestingly enough, it doesn't call > > the labelFunction either, so it looks like there's still a value there, but > > if you bring up the popup again, it's not selected. > > > > -J > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 2:21 PM, aceoohay <pa...@...> wrote: > > > > > Are you sure it is being set to null? I have seen a problem where if > > > the dateField is editable, and the width of the box is a bit too > > > small, it will display the date, but when editing/exiting it causes > > > it to display an empty box. > > > > > > I found that expanding the width ever so slightly made the problem go > > > away. > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Josh > > > McDonald" <dznuts@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I've been getting mystery nulls, and it seems that for some reason > > > when my > > > > embedded DateField component loses focus, its selectedDate is reset > > > to null. > > > > Anybody have *any* idea why? I've got breakpoints on "set > > > selectedDate" > > > > inside mx:DateField and it's not being called... > > > > > > > > Sometimes I feel like such an incompetent prick :) > > > > > > > > -J > > > > > > > > -- > > > > "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for > > > thee." > > > > > > > > :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald > > > > :: 0437 221 380 :: josh@ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee." > > > > :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald > > :: 0437 221 380 :: j...@... > > > > > -- > "Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee." > > :: Josh 'G-Funk' McDonald > :: 0437 221 380 :: j...@... >
