Hi Lori,
What is the "Execute On" condition of your active link that is intended to perform the Set Fields action?
On Menu Select doesn't work for date fields - "by design" apparently there is no way to detect the selection of a date in either mid tier or WUT. (Never mind that this worked fine in ARS 4.0.x WUT.)
Good ol' BMC/Remedy support suggested using On Lose Focus as the execution condition. That might get gnarly in your scenario. You would at least have to check that the value was non-null. As long as there is no way to manually enter the date directly into the masking field, you are probably OK. Any non-null date value you move on LF will be the most recent value - even if it was selected on a prior trip to the calendar widget.
Or am I missing entirely the nature of your conundrum?
Peace,
Doug Anderson
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Opinions expressed are necessarily mine, not necessarily those of the Mayo Foundation.
original message:
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:18:35 -0500
From: Lori Gumbiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MidTier Date Field
Hiya!
Our specs:
ARS System Specs:
Remedy: 6.3, patch 17
SunOS 5.9
Oracle 9.2.0.4.0
I have a Date/Time field with it's handy selector calendar in a MidTier
form that submit requests to a UT-accessed application.
I have noticed that if a Requester enters a partial date, say 10/31, in
the MidTier form, it looks like 12/31/1969 6:00:10 when it gets to the
back end.
So, I need to limit the Date/Time field entries to only those that are
made via the selector calendar.
I tried placing a character field mask over the original date field,
leaving the selector exposed. An Active Link was supposed to set the mask
field with the underlying original entry once the date was selected, but
the whole thing does not seem to work.
Any ideas or other slick tricks to limit the entry option for a Date/Time
field?
Thanks in advance...
*Lori
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Lori Gumbiner
IT Systems Architecture - Process Automation Initiatives
Walgreens Co.
847.914.5796
