cgi-callout for calendar.do

Hi everyone,

I'm working on a date picker using the "/Callout/Calendar.do" function. I have the cgi-callout date in my DCR.

<cgi-callout url="/iw-cc/DataCapture/Callout/Calendar.do?iw_form_name=CreationDate&iw_callback_var=CreationDate" label="Select Date" window-features="dependent=yes, width=255,height=290,centered,titlebar=yes,resizable" />

However, when i click on "Select Date" button, i get an empty popup. When trying to reload the popup,

i get the following alert: Missing required parameter: iw_form_name. Unable to create CalloutProxy.

Could you please advice me and guide me out.

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GoingMyWay

Try using the onCallout event handler with a callback function instead. Search for the FormAPI manual or search the forums for onCallout.

-David

iw_child

Try just using the URI alone, meaning with no GET params.

Example:

<item name="release-date" pathid="release-date">
	<label>Release Date</label>
	<text size="25" maxlength="25">
		<cgi-callout url="/iw-cc/DataCapture/Callout/Calendar.do" label="Select Date" />
	</text>
</item>

NOTE: Does not work on replication containers (ie. any container with a max greater than 1)

SameerBoodhoo

Hi, i have already tried it with just the URI. But i still get a blank popup and the same javascript alert.

Is there something that needs to be configured/created in Teamsite for the calendar to work?

Thank you.

SameerBoodhoo

Hi iw_child,

It is working, i can now see the calendar. I do not know why this was not working previously.

However, it would be great if you can help me in this. Firstly:

Instead of having the date for example as "2014-09-26", is it possible to set it as "2014-JAN-26"?.
Localization of the month. "2014-JAN-26" becomes "2014-GEN-26"?

It will be greatful if you can help and guide me out.

Thank you.

Adam Stoller

If you cannot find a parameter to format the date directly from the calendar.do (don't know, haven't used it in some time) - then you could always post-process the results onItemChange event.

That being said - why would someone want to change the default format in the form?

1. The default format sorts correctly without any need to jump through hoops

2. You can alter the format when you render the content (via PT or Web App front-end)

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SameerBoodhoo

The change of the format is just for the visual representation since this is a requirement for the project currently being worked on.

However, for db purposes, the format "YYYY-MM-DD" is perfectly correct to be used directly. Since the site is multilingual, it has been decided that when the user is filling up a DCR, the date should be "2014-JAN-08". The same date in another language should be displayed as "2014-GEN-08".

I did not think about onItemChange event. Maybe the calendar.do already have the possibility to format the date accordingly. The documentation on this is quite poor.

Thank you for pointing me the onItemChange. I can start to try to do something about this.

It would be great to know if the Calendar.do already have this features.

iw_child

As far as I know, Calendar.do does not have that functionality.

However, I didn't think to change it within the form itself.

I can whip up a simple XSL scriptlet to fix the date on generation much quicker than I can pick apart the Calendar.do functions and try to find a format.

SameerBoodhoo

Hi iw_child,

Thanks for the help. I guess i will try to use the onItemChange event using FormAPI.

Again, thank you for the piece of code Smiley Happy