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Problem with time input field

Posted on Dec 16, 2004 at 12:29 PM 36 Views

Hi,

I have an input field which mapped to a context attribute of type Time. When I try to enter any value during runtime I have a small message in the bottom of my webpage ( Error during parse, please give a value in form 10:11:12 AM ). After that I should enter a good value otherwise I cannot do any other action.

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Younes

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  • author's profile photo Former Member
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    Posted on Dec 16, 2004 at 01:36 PM
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    So, what is the problem???

    This is behavior by design -- to validate input.

    If you don't like such validation bind your input to String attribute. Or, you can surround original Time attribute with calculated String attribute (with setter/getter) and parse / format data on your own. Or you can set non-validating flag for certain action and perform validation on your own in this action handler.

    VS

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  • author's profile photo Bertram Ganz
    Bertram Ganz
    Posted on Dec 16, 2004 at 03:10 PM
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    Hallo Younes,

    that's the purpose of implicit validation based on the dictionary type definition.

    By default the format of the built-in type 'time' is "<b>hh:mm:ss a</b>" but you can easily change this format by defining your own simple data type. Name this local dictionary type <i>MyTime</i>, select the built-in type 'time' and then specifiy its <i>format</i> (tab 'Representation') via "<b>hh:mm</b>". In this case the generic validation will accept '12:10' as input field value.

    For more details look at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html

    Greetings, Bertram

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  • author's profile photo Younes Talha
    Younes Talha
    Posted on Dec 17, 2004 at 10:02 AM
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    Hi,

    I am sorry I didnot explain my problem very well. When I try to enter a Time I can only enter "hh:mm:ss" (8 characters) and the webpage asks me to enter "hh:mm:ss AM" (11 Characters). I concluded that the inputfield for the Time is too short. I changed length attribute of this Time inputfield but it doesnot change anything. How can I make It work?

    regards,

    Younes

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    • Former Member
      Dec 17, 2004 at 12:03 PM

      Hi Younes,

      as Bertram already said correctly, it's enough to create a simple type with builtin type "time" in the local dictionary, set the format pattern to whatever is reasonable in your current scenario and use this type as the dictionary type of the corresponding context attribute.

      If the validation logic of the builtin type time expects 11 characters but you can only enter 8, this might be a bug in your WD version (especially the CSF/SSR part). But anyway, specifying a format pattern like described above should fix the problem.

      Hope that helps.

      Regards

      Stefan

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    Younes Talha
    Posted on Dec 20, 2004 at 12:03 PM
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    Hi,

    Thanks a lot, I managed to make it work.

    Younes

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