For more info:
writing to the child control of the DateField is fine,
but you have to make sure the input string format matches the DateFormat.
so i recommend to use "setValue" of DateField, with native Date object
and let the DateField widget to take care the display itself.
Hope this helps.
Peter Caffin wrote
> Ah. Nevermind, I've sussed out the answer :)
>
> T3205.getChildControl("textfield").setValue("1996-11-24");
>
> On 6/09/2015 7:10 am, Peter Caffin wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> My code:
>>
>> var T3205 = new qx.ui.form.DateField();
>> var dateFMT = new qx.util.format.DateFormat("YYYY-MM-dd");
>> T3205.setDateFormat(dateFMT);
>>
>> How do I set that date to "1996-11-24" (November 11, 1996)?
>>
>> I've tried:
>>
>> T3205.setValue("1996-11-24");
>>
>> The examples in the documentation use "new Date()" but don't show how
>> you should set a specific date.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
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