Resetting a date field

[wadep22416034]

How do I reset a date field to blank with javascript?  I've tried field01.value = ""; but that doesn't work.

I have a checkbox, and if that box is checked, I want 2 date fields to be required.  I've tried field01.required = true; but that doesn't work.

If the user unchecks the box, I want the 2 date fields to be blanked out.

[try67]

You don't access a field like that. You need to use the proper methods for it, like so:

this.getField("field01")

Then you would be able to access the field's properties and methods.

[wadep22416034]

Thanks try67; I've tried

this.getField("field01").value = "";

But that doesn't reset it.  What are the properties and methods of a date field?

[Bernd Alheit]

All properties and methods are listed in the Acrobat Javascript Reference.

[try67]

Assuming the field name is correct that should have worked. Are there any error messages in the JS Console?

[maxwyss]

Another approach would be

this.resetForm(["field01"]) ;

or, if that appears too complicated, use

this.getField("field01").value = this.getField("field01").defaultValue ;

However, if this field is the result of a calculation, you'd have to check there too, that it proper resets.

[wadep22416034]

I have tried both of the approaches below, and still the date field does not get blanked out.

var fld07 = this.getField("DateRangeFrom");

var fld08 = this.getField("DateRangeTo");

//fld07.value = fld07.defaultValue;

//fld08.value = fld08.defaultValue;

this.resetForm(["DateRangeFrom"]);

this.resetForm(["DateRangeTo"]);

[try67]

Do these fields have a calculated value?

[wadep22416034 · Accepted solution]

Ok, I finally figured it out.  When I added the date field, in the General tab I used a "Name:" of "DateRangeFrom" and "DateRangeTo".  I formatted them, in the Format tab, with mm/dd/yyyy.  This resulted in them getting actual field names of "DateRangeFrom_af_date" and "DateRangeTo_af_date".  Not the names I had assigned.  This was very confusing and hard to nail down had it not been for discovering the JS Console while working in Adobe Acrobat Pro to console.println a bunch of stuff.

The following code then works:

var fld07 = this.getField("DateRangeFrom_af_date");

var fld08 = this.getField("DateRangeTo_af_date");

fld07.value = "";

fld08.value = "";

Many thanks for the help.