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Title: Date Lookup Issue, PR29
Post by: spot1701 on January 26, 2009, 04:31:05 AM

If the date field is forced, and you press the lookup button, you get the "date required" error after you have selected the date.

In example 1. Make the date field "required'. Insert a new record, select the date lookup, pick a date. You will see the "date required" error and the date field will not be populated.

Title: Re: Date Lookup Issue, PR29
Post by: Johan de Klerk on January 26, 2009, 08:15:54 AM

Hi,

I have the same problem.

Are you using the option "AUTO LOOKUP ON INSERT" in this form?

In my case I have seen that if I have "AUTO LOOKUP ON INSERT" ticked then the date field does not work.
Once I have un-ticked the "AUTO LOOKUP ON INSERT" my date field and date lookup works again.

Regards

Johan de Klerk

Title: Re: Date Lookup Issue, PR29
Post by: spot1701 on January 27, 2009, 02:25:05 AM

Quote from: Johan on January 26, 2009, 08:15:54 AM

Are you using the option "AUTO LOOKUP ON INSERT" in this form?

Actually this only seems to be a firefox issue. And only if firefox is in "single window mode", i.e. the date lookup opens in a new tab, rather than a new window.

Title: Re: Date Lookup Issue, PR29
Post by: Bruce on January 27, 2009, 11:05:22 PM

Hi Bryan,

Yes, your problem is very different to Johan's.
I didn't manage to duplicate yesterday, but I'll try again today with the updated info.

If it's a browser setting though there may not be much I can do - we'll have to see...

cheers
Bruce

Title: Re: Date Lookup Issue, PR29
Post by: spot1701 on January 28, 2009, 02:08:31 AM

If you use the "Switch Window Mode" firefox extension, this will force firefox to use tabs instead of new windows. This will show the problem.

Title: Re: Date Lookup Issue, PR29
Post by: Bruce on January 29, 2009, 06:40:34 AM

Hi Bryan,


There's no real solution to this I'm afraid, at least not in the immediate term.
The mechanism that the form uses to "communicate" (and I use that word loosely) with the lookup simple won't work in the "open in another tab" situation.

There are a number of longer-term solutions which I'll need to consider. The one option is to have a "page lookup" similar to the way a lookup currently works. Another is to use a completely different lookup script (which is the most likely course of action.)

In the meantime the user will need to enter the date in the field itself.

Cheers
Bruce