using today's date in selectableRange of dateField

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November 30, 2007
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i'm having issues with the dateField component. i would like to dynamically specify today's date as the rangeEnd of the selectableRange, but i can't seem to get it to work.

can someone show me how to create a dateField component that does not allow you to select a date in the future?

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NickTheNamelessAuthor

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yea, i caught that as i placed this code into my actual application. they should re-word the docs on the selectableRange property. it doesn't even mention disabledRanges and in fact i knew nothing about it until you showed it to me here.

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Greg Dove

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No problems..
No it wasn't importing it that I meant (it's just my habit to do it that way).

What I meant was having to do both of these:
my_df.disabledRanges = [ {rangeStart: endDate} ];
my_df.selectableRange = {rangeEnd:endDate};

before I got it working with just the selectableRange

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NickTheNamelessAuthor

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BEAUTIFUL!!!! Wow, thank you so very much for your persistence on this one. That is so weird that you have to import it..... crazy. But it works, you rock, and I want to send you a Christmas present.

Thanks again!!!!

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Greg Dove

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I think you're creating my_df inside home. So its out of scope for the code that follows, try this:

var my_df= home.createClassObject(mx.controls.DateField,"my_df",1);

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NickTheNamelessAuthor

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ok, to take out any possibilities of targeting error, i created a new flash file. the only thing in it's library is a DateField component. here's my code and it's output. i can still select a date in the future.

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Greg Dove

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It was working for me before. I didn't create the instance using the UIObject method - it was just in the authoring environment.

Don't ask me why this is necessary, but I think it will do what you want. You may want to take away the +1 if you just want it to be today. At the moment it includes tomorrow.

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Greg Dove

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That last code works perfectly for me. Double-check that your DateField instance name is the same as the one you used in actionscript. In my example it was my_df

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NickTheNamelessAuthor

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ok, what am i doing wrong? this code allows me to select a date in the future....

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NickTheNamelessAuthor

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i lied.... it doesn't work. the syntax checks out fine, no compiler errors. however when you test it, it still allows you to select a date outside the specified range.

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Greg Dove

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No problems. Great excuse to play with the Datefield component. Actually I think I did use it once already for something, I'd just forgotten.

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NickTheNamelessAuthor

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i tried this before i posted and it wasn't working. there must have been something wrong with my syntax. thank you.

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Greg Dove

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Or perhaps if I read your question a little bit more carefully, like this:

my_df.selectableRange = {rangeEnd: endDate};