Classic Date Picker

Good Morning,
I am currently upgrading my application from 4.1 to 4.2. I use the Classic Date picker field and want to keep it.
But the label is displaying everything on the screen. How do I make it stop?
Label below:
<b>Anticipated Resolution Date: </b><br> <font color="#0000A0">(DD-MON-YYYY)</font>Upgrading to Apex 4.2
Theme is old theme from 3.2 which 101 underlined.
I also changed the theme to an updated one and it still displays all of the label code above on the screen. It doesn't display the code when I use the new date picker, but when you hover over it it will display everything. It didn't do this in prior versions of the application.
Thanks,
Mary
Edited by: MaryM on May 8, 2013 11:19 AM
Edited by: MaryM on May 9, 2013 8:11 AM

Hi Tony,
if your customer thinks that they have found a vulnerability in an Oracle product we encourage them to report it as described at the following link
http://www.oracle.com/us/support/assurance/reporting/index.html
Regards
Patrick
My Blog: http://www.inside-oracle-apex.com
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errorMessage = "You can enter only Numbers in this field";
else
errorMessage = e.getMessage();
if (errorMessage != null)
FacesContext ctx = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
FacesMessage fm = new FacesMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_ERROR, "Invalid Format" , errorMessage);
ctx.addMessage(component.getClientId(), fm);
catch (CustomDomainException e)
int errorCode = e.getErrorMessageCode();
String[] errorMessage = e.getErrorMessageParams();
if (errorCode == 7 && errorMessage != null)
String msg = "Invalid " + errorMessage[0];
FacesContext ctx = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
FacesMessage fm = new FacesMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_ERROR, "Application Error: ", msg);
ctx.addMessage(component.getClientId(), fm);
catch (JboException e)
Throwable cause = e.getCause();
if (cause == null)
cause = e;
test = "not good format";
throw e;
return null;
else
return value != null? value: null;
public String getAsString(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, Object value)
return value != null? value.toString(): null;
public String getClientLibrarySource(FacesContext context)
return null;
@Override
public Collection<String> getClientImportNames()
return Collections.emptySet();
@Override
public String getClientScript(FacesContext context, UIComponent component)
String formatMask = (String) resolveExpression("#{bindings." + component.getId() + ".format}");
if (formatMask != null)
String dataType = (String) resolveExpression("#{bindings." + component.getId() + ".attributeDef.javaType.name}");
if (dataType.equalsIgnoreCase("oracle.jbo.domain.Date") || dataType.equalsIgnoreCase("oracle.jbo.domain.Timestamp"))
if (component == null)
_LOG.severe("The component is null, but it is needed for the client id, so no script written");
return null;
// Add a JavaScript Object to store the datefield formats
// on the client-side. We currently store the format string
// for each and every field. It'd be more efficient to have
// an array of formats, then store for each field the
// index of the format, especially if we could delay outputting
// these objects to when the <form> closes.
String clientId = component.getClientId(context);
if (clientId != null)
// =-=AEW Only if Javascript...
Map<String, Object> requestMap = context.getExternalContext().getRequestMap();
// this fetch could be at the place where we append, but has been
// moved ahead to optimize use of StringBuilder
String jsPattern = getJSPattern(context, component);
String loc = _getLocaleString(context);
// FIX - figure out size!!!
// 127 chars for javascript + length of jspattern + locale + 12 chars for
// tranforming to name in the worst case.
StringBuilder buff = new StringBuilder(139 + jsPattern.length() + loc.length());
if (requestMap.get(_PATTERN_WRITTEN_KEY) == null)
requestMap.put(_PATTERN_WRITTEN_KEY, Boolean.TRUE);
// only create the _dfs object if it doesn't exist, so we don't
// wipe out _dfs[xxx] values if we ppr the first date field on a
// page with multiple date fields.
buff.append("if(window['_dfs'] == undefined){var _dfs=new Object();}if(window['_dl'] == undefined){var _dl=new Object();}");
buff.append("_dfs[\"");
buff.append(clientId);
buff.append("\"]=");
buff.append(jsPattern);
buff.append(";");
buff.append("_dl[\"");
buff.append(clientId);
buff.append("\"]=");
buff.append(loc);
buff.append(";");
return buff.toString();
else
LOG.severe("NULLCLINET_ID_NO_SCRIPT_RENDERED");
return null;
else
return null;
else
return null;
private String _getLocaleString(FacesContext context)
Locale dateTimeConverterLocale = getLocale();
if (dateTimeConverterLocale != null)
Locale defaultLocale = RenderingContext.getCurrentInstance().getLocaleContext().getFormattingLocale();
if (!(dateTimeConverterLocale.equals(defaultLocale)))
String loc = dateTimeConverterLocale.toString();
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(2 + loc.length());
sb.append("'");
sb.append(loc);
sb.append("'");
return (sb.toString());
return "null";
@Override
@Deprecated
public String getClientConversion(FacesContext context, UIComponent component)
String formatMask = (String) resolveExpression("#{bindings." + component.getId() + ".format}");
if (formatMask != null)
String dataType = (String) resolveExpression("#{bindings." + component.getId() + ".attributeDef.javaType.name}");
if (dataType.equalsIgnoreCase("oracle.jbo.domain.Date") || dataType.equalsIgnoreCase("oracle.jbo.domain.Timestamp"))
String jsPattern = getJSPattern(context, component);
Map<String, String> messages = new HashMap<String, String>();
if (jsPattern != null)
Class<?> formatclass = formatMask.getClass();
System.out.println("FormatClass::" + formatclass);
System.out.println(" Format Mask : " + formatMask);
// SimpleDateFormat sdfDestination = new SimpleDateFormat(formatMask);
String pattern = formatMask; //getPattern();
if (pattern == null)
pattern = getSecondaryPattern();
String key = getViolationMessageKey(pattern);
Object[] params = new Object[]
{ "{0}", "{1}", "{2}" };
Object msgPattern = getMessagePattern(context, key, params, component);
//if hintFormat is null, no custom hint for date, time or both has been specified
String hintFormat = _getHint();
FacesMessage msg = null;
String detailMessage = null;
if (msgPattern != null)
msg = MessageFactory.getMessage(context, key, msgPattern, params, component);
detailMessage = XhtmlLafUtils.escapeJS(msg.getDetail());
Locale loc = context.getViewRoot().getLocale();
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, loc);
java.lang.Object obj = resolveExpression("#{bindings." + component.getId() + ".attributeValue}");
String databaseDate=null;
if(obj!=null)
databaseDate = obj.toString();
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern,loc);
System.out.println("DateComponent input value :::::::::::::::::::::::::"+databaseDate);
Date today;
try {
// System.out.println("Before Conversion::::::::::::"+df.parse(databaseDate).toString());
if(databaseDate!=null)
today = df.parse(databaseDate);
else
today = new Date();
System.out.println("After Conversion Date :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::"+today.toString());
//Date today = new Date();
String dt = formatter.format(today);
String exampleString = dt;
String escapedType = XhtmlLafUtils.escapeJS(getType().toUpperCase());
StringBuilder outBuffer = new StringBuilder();
outBuffer.append("new TrDateTimeConverter(");
outBuffer.append(jsPattern);
// loc = getLocale();
if (loc != null)
outBuffer.append(",'");
outBuffer.append(loc.toString());
outBuffer.append("','");
else
outBuffer.append(",null,'");
outBuffer.append(exampleString);
outBuffer.append("','");
outBuffer.append(escapedType);
outBuffer.append("'");
if (msgPattern != null || hintFormat != null)
messages.put("detail", detailMessage);
messages.put("hint", hintFormat);
outBuffer.append(',');
// try
// JsonUtils.writeMap(outBuffer, messages, false);
// catch (IOException e)
// outBuffer.append("null");
outBuffer.append(')'); // 2
return outBuffer.toString();
catch(ParseException e)
System.out.println("Parse Exception :::::::::::::::::::::"+e);
return null;
else
// no pattern-matchable date
return null;
else
return null;
else
return null;
protected String getJSPattern(FacesContext context, UIComponent component)
String jsPattern = null;
String datePattern = (String) resolveExpression("#{bindings." + component.getId() + ".format}");
if (datePattern != null)
String secondaryPattern = getSecondaryPattern();
if (datePattern != _NO_JS_PATTERN)
int length = datePattern.length() * 2 + 2;
if (secondaryPattern != null)
length = length + 3 + secondaryPattern.length() * 2;
StringBuilder outBuffer = new StringBuilder(length);
jsPattern = _getEscapedPattern(outBuffer, datePattern, secondaryPattern);
else
jsPattern = datePattern;
return jsPattern;
private static void _escapePattern(StringBuilder buffer, String pattern)
buffer.append('\'');
XhtmlUtils.escapeJS(buffer, pattern);
buffer.append('\'');
private static String _getEscapedPattern(StringBuilder buffer, String pattern, String secondaryPattern)
if (secondaryPattern != null)
buffer.append('[');
_escapePattern(buffer, pattern);
if (secondaryPattern != null)
buffer.append(",'");
XhtmlUtils.escapeJS(buffer, secondaryPattern);
buffer.append("']");
return buffer.toString();
private String _getHint()
String type = getType();
if (type.equals("date"))
return getHintDate();
else if (type.equals("both"))
return getHintBoth();
else
return getHintTime();
public static Object resolveExpression(String pExpression)
FacesContext facesContext = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
Application app = facesContext.getApplication();
ExpressionFactory elFactory = app.getExpressionFactory();
ELContext elContext = facesContext.getELContext();
ValueExpression valueExp = null;
valueExp = elFactory.createValueExpression(elContext, pExpression, Object.class);
return valueExp.getValue(elContext);
private static final String _NO_JS_PATTERN = new String();
private static final TrinidadLogger _LOG = TrinidadLogger.createTrinidadLogger(DateTimeConverter.class);
// RenderingContext key indicating the _dateFormat object
// has been created
private static final String _PATTERN_WRITTEN_KEY = "org.apache.myfaces.trinidadinternal.convert.DateTimeConverter._PATTERN_WRITTEN";
*Problem is if any input date componet is displaying other than current date then the date picker is always picking the current date rather existing date*
Please suggest me where to make changes?
Edited by: 858782 on Oct 3, 2011 7:43 AM
Edited by: 858782 on Oct 3, 2011 11:44 PM

I need custom date foramts to be applied for different inputDates which are not defined in <af:convertDateTime>
Thanks
Edited by: 858782 on Oct 13, 2011 4:59 PM

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