Format Date Field WITHOUT the Date Picker

[tarah31605175]

We have a lot of fillabe forms that we are converting from LiveCycle to Adobe DC.  The date fields, no matter which formatting is chosen, always adds the Date Picker.  We need to be able to remove this option from Date of Birth fields.  I have tried just using the JavaScript to format the fields but it automatically changes to the date field formatting instead.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

[Bernd Alheit]

What is the issue with the Date Picker?

[tarah31605175]

Our division heads do not want users to just click on it instead of actually entering a date of birth. 

[Bernd Alheit]

OK

[try67]

No, you can't disable it. If you don't want it to appear don't use the built-in Date format. You can achieve the same results using a custom Format script, and then the Date Picker won't appear.

[tarah31605175]

When I use a custom JavaScript format field, it automatically goes back to Date Format.

Go into Field Properties
Click Format
Choose Custom
Enter the JavaScript for Keystroke

Click ok....

the format shows as 'Date' and not custom anymore.

[try67]

What code are you using?

[tarah31605175]

this.getField("YOURFIELDNAME").value = util.printd("mm-dd-yyyy h:MM tt", new Date());

[try67]

This is not a Format script.

[tarah31605175]

Sorry sent wrong one. that was for my default date.

new Date().toLocaleDateString('en-us', { weekday:"long", year:"numeric", month:"short", day:"numeric"})

[JR Boulay · Accepted solution]

Don't use the Date format and use this script as a Validation script, you can edit the format (yyyy-mm-dd) as you like:

// VALIDATION SCRIPT
var d = util.scand("yyyy-mm-dd", event.value);
if (d == null) {
app.alert("Please enter a Date at the yyyy-mm-dd format.");
event.rc = false;
}

[tarah31605175]

This works perfectly ... Thank you!