When invalid date is entered into a date field, value not resetting when saving {} to value

RE: When invalid date is entered into a date field, value not resetting when saving {} to value

cindyl5142 — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:22:59 GMT

Hi Mike! I'm running into this issue and was wondering if there were any work arounds today....

RE: When invalid date is entered into a date field, value not resetting when saving {} to value

charlesa480 — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 20:52:57 GMT

Gotcha thanks.

RE: When invalid date is entered into a date field, value not resetting when saving {} to value

Josh — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 19:49:29 GMT

To echo what @mschmitt said, it looks like the date field component has some internal functionality where it will save and display the invalid value you entered (probably in a local variable) but null out the saveInto target you specified. This doesn't leave us with much flexibility in handling your situation.

RE: When invalid date is entered into a date field, value not resetting when saving {} to value

Mike Schmitt — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 18:49:56 GMT

I don't believe the a!dateField actually saves any value into the destination variable when an invalid input is entered. You can test this for yourself pretty easily by adding a read-only a!textField just after your date fields and populate it with the value of one of the destination variables.
Assuming i'm right, i'm not sure what the solution would be considering that the reset button would have nothing to reset in this case. It might just need to be chalked up to a training issue.

RE: When invalid date is entered into a date field, value not resetting when saving {} to value

charlesa480 — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 16:06:10 GMT

It's a local var.
Button is not a submit type.
Saving '', {}, or null has the same result.

RE: When invalid date is entered into a date field, value not resetting when saving {} to value

PhilB — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 15:44:46 GMT

This might be a stupid question, but have you tried saving null to the variable? {} is an empty array and '' is actually an empty string...

RE: When invalid date is entered into a date field, value not resetting when saving {} to value

aloks0189 — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 13:57:17 GMT

I am sorry there is a typo mistake, it's label not, lebel, avoid any typo mistake, if there are any

Thanks

RE: When invalid date is entered into a date field, value not resetting when saving {} to value

aloks0189 — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 13:43:06 GMT

@charles I think there might be something incorrect in configuration, try following

Assume the rule input which holds the entered date value is ri!dateValue , so you could something as below

a!dateField(
lebel: "Enter Date",
value: ri!dateValue,
saveInto: ri!dateValue
)

Now for button write as below

a!buttonWidget(
label: "Reset",
saveInto: {
a!save(ri!dateValue, null)
}
)

Make sure, this button is not a!buttonWidgetSubmit() instead it is a!buttonWidget which doesn't allow form submission by default, as the value for submit parameter is set to false

Hope this will help you