Automatic calendar in text boxes when month is selected

[Nikolaos.]

Hello everyone,

how can I create a calendar with TextBoxes so that the underlying text field always adds a day. Since I am unsure how and whether I can formulate it correctly, I have included the picture.

Would like to do the same with Adobe (TextBoxes instead of cells) as in Excel, is that possible? …if yes how?

Thanks everyone in advance

Nikolaos.

[try67]

Yes. It's possible using a script.

So the user will enter the first date, right? What format will they be using?

[Nikolaos.]

The user should only enter the month.

The format is German, otherwise the way it looks.

Thx 🙂

[try67]

So they enter a number, between 1 and 12, then?

[Nikolaos.]

If possible with a drop down field where the user can select the month would be best.

If not possible, I'll take what is possible 🙂

Thx

Nikolaos.

[try67]

Will it always be the current year?

[Nikolaos.]

Yes, as long as I can change it with the script 🙂

[Nikolaos.]

I would be happy to receive a suggested solution.

... and thanks again in advance 🙂

[try67]

OK, create a Drop-down field with all the month names (and a default value, something like "Select Month"), and 31 text fields called "Day.1", "Day.2", etc.

Then use this code as the custom Validation script of the drop-down (you'll need to adjust the first two arrays to have the correct day and month names to match the ones you're using):

var days = ["Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday"];
var months = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"];

for (var i=1; i<=31; i++) this.getField("Day."+i).value = "";
if (event.value!=event.target.defaultValue) {
	var monthIndex = months.indexOf(event.value);
	var d = util.scand("m/d/yyyy", (monthIndex+1) + "/1/" + new Date().getFullYear());
	while (d.getMonth()==monthIndex) {
		this.getField("Day."+d.getDate()).value = d.getDate() + " - " + days[d.getDay()];
		d.setDate(d.getDate()+1);
	}
}

[Nikolaos.]

Thanks very much :-),

will try it out and give feedback.

Nikolaos.

[Nikolaos.]

sorry for the late reply but my obligations have gotten out of hand.

I installed it as it is in your instructions.

Enter the months in the element list in the drop-down menu and enter the script

in the user-defined area (in the validation).

I labeled the days as described (Day.1, Say.2, etc.).

But after selecting the month in the preview, nothing appears.

I also changed the format to German, but didn't help either.

I'm doing something wrong, it would be nice if you could give me a tip.

*Adobe Acrobat Pro Dc - Version: 2015.006.30527

Thx in Advance,

Nikolaos.

[try67]

Are there any errors in the JS Console after you make the selection (Ctrl+J)?

Can you share the file?

[Nikolaos.]

sry my mistake installed it again on a blank pdf page and it works ... great! 🙂 

The only thing I can't do is instead of example: to display the day, from this (1 - Freitag), in (01. Fr.).

I tried to change it with the underlying script (everything in blue), but without success.

How could I change it like that?

var days = ["Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday"];

var months = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"];

for (var i=1; i<=31; i++) this.getField("Day."+i).value = "";

if (event.value!=event.target.defaultValue) {

                var monthIndex = months.indexOf(event.value);

                var d = util.scand("dd . ddd.", (monthIndex+1) + "/1/" + new Date().getFullYear());

                while (d.getMonth()==monthIndex) {

                               this.getField("Day."+d.getDate()).value = d.getDate() + " . " + days[d.getDay()];

                               d.setDate(d.getDate()+1);

                }

}

Thank you for your patience and time 🙂

Nikolaos.

[Nikolaos.]

additionally here the file ... January works ... but february and the rest ... I probably have a mistake somewhere.

thx 🙂

[try67 · Accepted solution]

I don't understand why you changed my code. It would have worked fine. Here's the fixed version.

[Nikolaos.]

A late and small last additional question has arisen 🙂

I tried it myself but without success.

How can I put the existing code that you sent me into a fixed year.

Example that it is for 2022 or 2023, depending on what you want?

Thanks 🙂

[try67]

Change:

new Date().getFullYear()

To:

"2022"

or

"2023"

etc.

[Nikolaos.]

Now it has sparked! 🙂

sorry for the annoyance, everything worked wonderfully

... only the one with 01 instead of 1 (day: 01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09,10, etc.).

Your template script is SUPER! 🙂 🙂

Attached are the changes (java script with changes) that I have made so far, it is suitable for German speakers.

I would be happy if you could give me a suggestion for a solution to insert the zero before the individual numbers. 

var days = ["So.", "Mo.", "Di.", "Mi.", "Do.", "Fr.", "Sa."];
var months = ["Januar", "Februar", "März", "April", "Mai", "Juni", "Juli", "August", "September", "Oktober", "November", "Dezember"];

for (var i=1; i<=31; i++) this.getField("Day."+i).value = "";
if (event.value!=event.target.defaultValue) {
	var monthIndex = months.indexOf(event.value);
	var d = util.scand("m/d/yyyy", (monthIndex+1) + "/1/" + new Date().getFullYear());
	while (d.getMonth()==monthIndex) {
		this.getField("Day."+d.getDate()).value = d.getDate() + " - " + days[d.getDay()];
		d.setDate(d.getDate()+1);
	}
}

Thank you for everything, especially for the patience and time you have invested in me.

Nikolaos.

[try67]

Change this line:

this.getField("Day."+d.getDate()).value = d.getDate() + " - " + days[d.getDay()];

To this:

var dateString = d.getDate()<10 ? "0"+d.getDate() : d.getDate();
this.getField("Day."+d.getDate()).value = dateString + " - " + days[d.getDay()];

[Nikolaos.]

A dream! thanks