On 7/25/05, javawebgrrl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a situation where I want a user to be able to enter a date > into a Text Field.
> My problem is what to do if the user enters something like "abc". I > am wondering if I could use the parseDateString method of the > DateFormatter class. If this method returns a valid Date, than I can > assume all is OK, if not, I can show an error message. Yes, I think you should use parseDateString. At least that's what I used on my EditableDateField: http://manish.revise.org/2005/04/editabledatefield-component.html Manish -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/