Date Validation - a Nightmare for ME!

Question

Hi, I searched the forum and came up with some code that works for me partially. I am still having problems with getting the end result that is needed.
I need to do a date validation where the begin date is less than end date. Below is the syntax..It works but when I put in the correct end date i still get the error message athough the date is correct. Also if I set the focus back to the field and correct the date it still set focus back... I'm sure it is something simple that I am missing
----- form1.subformpage1.empnsubform.DateTimeField2::exit - (JavaScript, client) -------------------
if (DateTimeField2.formattedValue>=DateTimeField1.formattedValue);
xfa.host.messageBox("Incorrect Date range");
What am I missing? Yes I still struggle with writing scripts!!!!
thanks

Answer 1

I have a similar thing on one of my forms, the fields are "Date Submitted" and "Date Needed" and I need to validate that the Date Submitted date occurs before the Date Needed date.  If it does not, it prompts a response dialog box and asks for a new DateNeed to be entered.  Here is the code I used: (I'm by no means an expert at code)<br /><br />//This just sets the values of the date/time fields to variables, and then checks for a null value.  If null, it changes the rawValue to an empty string for inserting into database.  If not null, it leaves the existing rawValue unchanged. Unless you're writing info to a database, you probably wouldn't need this.<br /> <br />var DateSubmit = form1.MainForm.Info.DateSubmitted.rawValue == null ? "" : form1.MainForm.Info.DateSubmitted.rawValue;<br />var DateNeed = form1.MainForm.Info.DateNeeded.rawValue == null ? "" : form1.MainForm.Info.DateNeeded.rawValue;<br /><br />if (DateNeed<DateSubmit)<br /><br />{<br /><br />     var dateResponse = xfa.host.response("The Date Needed date must be later than the Date Submitted date.\nPlease enter new date below: (MM/DD/YYYY format)", "Date Needed Error");<br /><br />     var myDate = new Date(dateResponse);<br /><br />     var myFormattedDate = util.printd("dd mmm yyyy", myDate);<br /><br />     form1.MainForm.Info.DateNeeded.formattedValue = myFormattedDate;<br /><br />}<br /><br />BTW, I have this as code on a submit button that does all of my validations and then writes a new record to a database.  But I think you could also do this on the exit event of the second date/time field if needed. The variable declarations at the top would be slightly different.<br /><br />Lynne