SOLVED - Is there a date/time picker in Live Code?

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SOLVED - Is there a date/time picker in Live Code?

Post by admin12 » Fri Jul 08, 2011 3:03 pm

I am going to need quite a few form fields with a date and time picker - is there a native tool in LiveCode for this? I need to return a date and a time. Most database programs have these built in. I know Live Code is not a specific database program, but I see dates and times as a common item.

If not, is there a tutorial, code snippet, rev file or template available to pick the date and a separate on to pick the time?

Mike
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Re: Is there a date/time picker in Live Code?

Post by dunbarx » Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:00 pm

Hi.

LC has comprehensive native system date and time functions. Check the dictionary for "date", "time", "dateitems", "dateformat", etc.

if you mean you want one of those calendar-type pickers, or similar gadgets, I think there are some around written by others. Someone will reply...

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Re: Is there a date/time picker in Live Code?

Post by bangkok » Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:08 pm

This one (Sarah) is perfect :

http://www.troz.net/rev/stacks/Calendar.rev

[Sarah has other scripts on her website, to handle / manage / convert dates and times.]

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Re: Is there a date/time picker in Live Code?

Post by admin12 » Sat Jul 09, 2011 2:18 pm

Thank you. This is perfect, but it says it is password protected. Is this for sale? How much? Where can I buy it?

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Re: Is there a date/time picker in Live Code?

Post by Klaus » Sat Jul 09, 2011 2:28 pm

Hi Mike,

that calendar stack above is NOT password protected!
Just loaded and checked.


Best

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Re: Is there a date/time picker in Live Code?

Post by admin12 » Sat Jul 09, 2011 7:01 pm

That is weird because I tried to grab the code and it told me it was password protected and then closed.

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Re: Is there a date/time picker in Live Code?

Post by townsend » Sat Jul 09, 2011 9:50 pm

Here's the one I have-- not sure where I got it.
Works pretty good though.
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Re: SOLVED - Is there a date/time picker in Live Code?

Post by blairetabay » Tue Mar 18, 2014 4:25 am

towsend,

how to change it to a slash and remove the day of the week


thanks

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Re: SOLVED - Is there a date/time picker in Live Code?

Post by Klaus » Tue Mar 18, 2014 2:50 pm

Hi blaire,

if you do not want to dive into the long script of the Datepicker stack,
then just modify the returned value! :D

Modyfied script from the button in that stack::

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on mouseUp
  put "2014" into tYear
  put "3" into tMonth
  put "18" into tDay
  start using stack "calendarWidget100"
  put altAnswerDate(tYear,tMonth,tDay) into tDate
  stop using stack "calendarWidget100"
  if tDate is empty then 
     exit mouseUp
  end if

  ## Modify tDate to your needs
  ## tDate is a comma delimited list of 4 items: Year,Month,Day,DayofWeek
  ## So only grab the items you need:
  put item 1 to 3 of tDate into tDate2

  ## Replace COMMA with SLASH
  replace "," with "/" in tDate
  ## Done!

  put tDate into fld 1
end mouseUp
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Re: SOLVED - Is there a date/time picker in Live Code?

Post by cmhjon » Thu Oct 12, 2023 7:53 pm

Hi all,

I'd like to include this product in a project I am working on but noticed something odd in the original stack. If I click forward to view future months, it's highlighting more than one day in the current month and it highlights a day or days in future months:
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I would think the only date that should be initially highlighted would be the current date and then only the date the user selects.

Anyone using this product have any ideas?

Thank you and best regards,
Jon :-)

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