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Re: Programmatically Setting Date Picker Empty

ACrush — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:06:23 GMT

Yes, xsi:nil='true' or '1' is the one and only. see the XML Schema standard for confirmation

Re: Programmatically Setting Date Picker Empty

swathip — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:30:35 GMT

Hi,

Set the xsi:nil value to 'True' and try.

Re: Programmatically Setting Date Picker Empty

faivre — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:43:50 GMT

Hi Michael,

Unfortunately I never found a solution. I you do, please let me know.

Brian

Re: Programmatically Setting Date Picker Empty

Michael — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:24:10 GMT

Hi Brian

Have you found a solution to this problem yet? I have come across the exact same issue with an InfoPath form, but cannot see how to set the attribute xsi:nil=true using JScript.

Michael

Re: Programmatically Setting Date Picker Empty

bfaivre — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:30:11 GMT

Here is some more information:

When the form is first loaded the date picker xml looks like this:

"<my:ToDt xmlns:my=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2003/myXSD/2007-11-16T17:42:12\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xsi:nil=\"true\"></my:ToDt>"

After selecting a date via the control then via code changing the text to string.empty the xml looks like this:

"<my:ToDt xmlns:my=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/infopath/2003/myXSD/2007-11-16T17:42:12\"></my:ToDt>"

So I'm guessing I need to get the xsi:nil=true back into the xml? Can anyone confirm this and provide some insight on how to do this if this is the proper solution.

Brian

Re: Programmatically Setting Date Picker Empty

bfaivre — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:41:18 GMT

Thanks for your help. I am working with a DB. A no value setfield action and/or using empty.string still display the red asterisk with screen tip. This is not preventing my form from working correctly, however, when the form is loaded this date picker is blank and it does not display the red asterisk. Same as if I were to delete a date in it. Both of these actions don't exhibit the red asterisk. What I'm concerned with is user confusion when I need to programmatically set the date picker to empty.string and the red asterisk displayed.

Re: Programmatically Setting Date Picker Empty

Clay Fox — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:36:27 GMT

I just tried it in a form, using rules.

One option is to change your field from a date to a string but if it is linked to a DB you do not have that option.

Setting it to no value with a setfield action works fine. With code you want to use empty.string or an equivalent

I found a post that discusses this. http://www.infopathdev.com/forums/p/5062/19553.aspx#19553

Re: Programmatically Setting Date Picker Empty

bfaivre — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:08:06 GMT

Setting it to null still exhibits the same behavior.

Re: Programmatically Setting Date Picker Empty

Clay Fox — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:59:02 GMT

I think you would want to set it to Null rather than a space or blank string.

Programmatically Setting Date Picker Empty

bfaivre — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:47:45 GMT

Using jscript I remove the xsi:nil attribute and set the text value of a date picker to “”. A red asterisk is displayed in the control screen tip stating “Only date allowed: (example: 2001-03-14)”. How can I prevent this from happening?

Thanks,

Brian