How can I remove dropdown calendar menu from date/time field.

Question

I set up a javascript calculation based on the input of a date field. As long as the user enters the date manually the script works fine. If user attempts to select date by drop down menu then script will not work. How can I remove the calendar feature from the Date field?

Answer 1

You may have to wire custom script to get you what you need. That would probably work on 'exit' event.
Just you give you better Idea here is some thing I have on a date field. If user types his own date instead of picking from calendar this code checks whether it is valid date or not and returns to the same field either they enter valid date or clear the field.
This is FormCalc script. You may get the idea how this works and make it work for you using the same logic either in FormCalc or JavaScript.
----- form1.SOF.Head.Table1.Row1.ReqDate.Date_ReqDate::exit: - (FormCalc, client) ------------------
if (HasValue($)) then
if (Len($.rawValue) == 10) then
var S1
var MM
var DD
var YYYY
var Derror
var D1
var D2
var S2
Derror = 0
D1 = 0
D2 = 0
S1 = $.rawValue
D1 = At(S1, "-")
S2 = Right(S1, 5)
D2 = At(S2, "-")
if (D1 > 0 and D2 > 0) then
if (D1 == 3 and D2 == 1) then
MM = Substr(S1, 1, 2)
DD = Substr(S1, 4, 2)
YYYY = Substr(S1, 7, 4)
elseif (D1 == 5 and D2 == 3) then
MM = Substr(S1, 6, 2)
DD = Substr(S1, 9, 2)
YYYY = Substr(S1, 1, 4)
else
Derror = Derror + 1
endif
else
Derror = Derror + 1
endif
if (Oneof(MM, "01", "02", "03", "04", "05", "06", "07", "08", "09", "10", "11", "12")) then
Derror = Derror
else
Derror = Derror +1
endif
//xfa.host.messageBox("MM"+ Derror, "Incorrect Date", 1, 0)
if ((Oneof(DD, "01", "02", "03", "04", "05", "06", "07", "08", "09")) or ((DD >=10) and (DD <= 31))) then
Derror = Derror
else
Derror = Derror + 1
endif
//xfa.host.messageBox("DD"+ Derror, "Incorrect Date", 1, 0)
if ((YYYY >= 1975) and (YYYY <= 2050)) then
Derror = Derror
else
Derror = Derror + 1
endif
//xfa.host.messageBox("YYYY"+ Derror, "Incorrect Date", 1, 0)
if (Derror > 0) then
xfa.host.messageBox("Preferred valied date between Jan 01, 1975 and Dec 31, 2050. ", "Incorrect Date", 1, 0)
xfa.host.setFocus($.somExpression)
else
//good
$.formattedValue = Format("MMM DD, YYYY", Concat(YYYY, MM, DD))
if ($event.shift) then
//xfa.host.messageBox("Shift")
var sh
sh = 1
//xfa.host.setFocus("xfa.form.form1.SOF.Head.RadioAttachTo.RadioAttachTo3")
else
if (xfa.event.commitKey == 1) then
var A
A = 1
else
xfa.host.setFocus("xfa.form.form1.SOF.Head.Table1.Row2.CustName")
endif
endif
endif
else
xfa.host.messageBox("Preferred valied date in format MMM DD, YYYY.", "Incorrect Format", 1, 0)
xfa.host.setFocus($.somExpression)
endif
endif
Good luck,
SekharN