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    #1

    Lists and filters

    Hi all,

    I have a listbox which I wish to filter by date. Preferably server side.

    So, I add a TextBox of type Date, lets call it SearchDate and in the OnChange event, I have added ActionJavascript to filter the list on the contents of SearchDate. All fine when the default US format is specified in the properties section and the . When I change it to dd/mm/yy format and look at the debug statement I get (1=2). Pictures attached. Is there some magic to making it work using non-US dates? The date/time picker is set to <DefaultDateFormat> and the display format of the SearchDate field is time("{grid.clientSideDateFormat}",<value>).

    So, to recap on this, it works when you specify US date format in the UX properties, but fails when you change that to dd/mm/yy.

    Thanks,

    Phil

    ActionJavascript settings.jpgUS date format.jpgUK date format.jpg
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    #2
    Re: Lists and filters

    If I change my UX Properties... "Date" format in the "Other" section and change nothing else... this works ok.

    The default was MM/dd/yyyy. I changed that format to dd/MM/yyyy and my filter is working. I changed that format again to dd/MM/yy and it's still ok. I did not change any other format anywhere. My TextBox (Date type) I just dropped it on and didn't change a thing.

    You write that you're using a format of dd/mm/yy but to be specific you're really using dd/MM/yy... is that right?

    For my Textbox search date, under Display Format I have nothing set. Under Date/Time Picker the Date Format is <Default>.

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      #3
      Re: Lists and filters

      Hi David

      To confirm, yes ... I had the date formats set as dd/MM/yy or MM/dd/yy

      I made a quick screencast ... sorry ... no mic for recording sound, but hopefully this will show what happens for me. The data is in a SQL table called TillHeaders with TransactionDate being a date field.

      I added a Date field to the screen, set it up with just the defaults, nothing changed, except for specifying the OnChange event to filter the data. The settings are included in the video. The list is just set to use the TillHeader file with just two fields shown in the list display ... TransactionDate and Total. Again ... all defaults left as is. I added a debug placeholder to show what the ActionJavascript is generating.

      I go to properties, set the date format to MM/dd/yy and all works ... but setting it to dd/MM/yy gives me the Filter (1=2)

      http://screencast.com/t/ZQuG9nN3rMX

      You must be doing something different to me. Any idea what I am doing wrong?

      Regards,

      Phil

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        #4
        Re: Lists and filters

        I found the difference between out setups... I think.

        My PC system date is set for dd/MM/yyyy

        When I change my system date to MM/dd/yyyy and the UX Other Date property is NOT set the same... then I get the same results as you where filter reports (1=2)

        However, there is another way to do this which does work. And that is to use the Javascript Action "List Control Actions", "Filter List - Server Side".

        Have a look...

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiY2Zamp2tc

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          #5
          Re: Lists and filters

          Hi David,

          Thanks again for your assistance. It seems to work ok doing it the way you just outlined.

          The server side filter is there, rather than client side, because the TillHeader file currently has about 63000 entries and I don't want to load them all up and then filter on the client side (and for each row on the header file, there could be one or several child records). Or am I being stupid here?

          If I can bend your ear a little longer, the same difficulty persists on the totalling as previously. http://msgboard.alphasoftware.com/al...-when-filtered

          When I enter the UX to begin with, the list is unfiltered and the totalling works ok. As soon as I apply the filter, then I get Javascript errors about 'total' being undefined. I made a little video of that on the other thread which I have just shared.

          I think I will report the original problem as a bug ... I would have thought the whole idea of setting the component defaults was so that internationalisation would just work!

          Cheers,

          Phil

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            #6
            Re: Lists and filters

            Did anyone have any luck with this issue? I'm experiencing a similar problem - all my date formats (component level and textbox level) are set to dd/MM/yyyy as above, but when I select a date less than or equal to 12 the filter switches the date and month around. Dates greater than 12 appear correctly, so it seems that the javascript action is trying to guess the date format and ignoring the setting.

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              #7
              Re: Lists and filters

              this is fixed now. thanks. the fix will be in tomorrow's pre-release build. if you need a hot fix today, please let me know

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