flash actionscript: Is there a way to pre-populate a DateField with the current date?

for example something like:
on(load){
this.selectedDate = ???;
}

Secondly, I want my users to be able to select a range of dates. So if there
is a way to pre-populate the datefield with the current date, is there also a
way to pre populate a second DateField with the current date minus 7 days?

When you place the DateField componet onto the stage, in the Properties box
under the Parameters tab this is a Parameter that is labeled "showToday". Set
it to "true" to display the current date.

To set another DateField with the current date minus 7 days, you will need to
create a new instance of Date class. Look in the Help files (under the
ActionScript Language Reference section) to find all of the methods available
for controlling the date.

Tim

Thanks for the responce, but let me clarify my question.

The showToday property simply highlights the current date when the user goes
to enter a date. What I want to do is pre load a value into the DateField so
that the user doesn't even have to click it.

For example with a TextInput I could do:

on(load){
this.text = "default value";
}

Is there a way to get at the value of a DateField??

To autopopulate the DateField, you could go with following simple solution:

var oDate = new Date();
var iDate = oDate.getDate()
var iMonth = oDate.getMonth()
var iYear = oDate.getFullYear()
myDF.selectedDate = new Date(iYear, iMonth, iDate);

Where myDF is the instancename of your DateField.

I quickly tried out an idea for your other DateField showing 7 days before...

It doesn't look that good, but should be working code. I just can't seem to
find out how to retract amount of days in any month, so that's hard-coded...

var aDaysInMonth = [31,28,31,30,31,30,31,31,30,31,30,31];
if(iDate-7>0){
myDF2.selectedDate = new Date(iYear, iMonth, (iDate-7));
} else {
if(iMonth-1>=0){
myDF2.selectedDate = new Date(iYear, (iMonth-1),
(aDaysInMonth[(iMonth-1)]+(iDate-7)));
} else {
myDF2.selectedDate = new Date((iYear-1), 11,
(aDaysInMonth[(aDaysInMonth.length-1)]));
}
}

I hope you can use this...

Yes that did work, thanks.

Maybe they will include more static functions for dates at some point like
other languages have.

such as:
var dateInstance = Date.now();
dateInstance = dateInstance - (Date.day * 7);

sorry, but did this actually work for anyone? it doesn't work for me!

i have tried 100 variations and the only way i can successfully set the value
of selectedDate is by manually inserting a number for the month OR the day of
the month in my new Date statement. i have no idea why this would be the case.

ideas anyone?

s

Originally posted by: Kaare
I quickly tried out an idea for your other DateField showing 7 days before...

It doesn't look that good, but should be working code. I just can't seem to
find out how to retract amount of days in any month, so that's hard-coded...

var aDaysInMonth = [31,28,31,30,31,30,31,31,30,31,30,31];
if(iDate-7>0){
myDF2.selectedDate = new Date(iYear, iMonth, (iDate-7));
} else {
if(iMonth-1>=0){
myDF2.selectedDate = new Date(iYear, (iMonth-1),
(aDaysInMonth[(iMonth-1)]+(iDate-7)));
} else {
myDF2.selectedDate = new Date((iYear-1), 11,
(aDaysInMonth[(aDaysInMonth.length-1)]));
}
}

I hope you can use this...

its probably easier just to use the functions that the date object provides,
i.e:

var weekAgo:Date = new Date(); // creates a date object with the current
date
weekAgo.setDate(weekAgo.getDate() -7); // takes 7 days away from it.
myDF.selectedDate = new Date(weekAgo.getYear(), weekAgo.getMonth(),
weekAgo.getDate());

note that the methods setTime(), setDate(), setYear() and setMonth() deal with
the wrapping of months and years and so on...