The date field is used to select the date and time.
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Functionality | Appearance |
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During run-time, the field shows a pop-up calendar, where the user selects the date. |  Date field with the pop-up calendar |
By clicking in the month in the calendar pop-up, a month and year pop-up appears and the user can scroll for the necessary year and select the month. |  Date field with the month and year pop-up |
After selecting the date, if the field is configured that way, the time pop-up appears and the user can scroll for the necessary hour and minutes, and change AM to PM. |  Date field with the time pop-up |
The example below shows how to create a field for selecting a Driver’s license issue date. It will be a Date field, with only date values (as time is not needed here), that will synchronize to a PDF form.
Step 1: Add a Date Field.
Open Add Field panel. Add a Date field to the page. Enter the following values for the field settings:
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Display Type | Custom | A custom format with only the date picker will be shown to the user. | ||
Custom Format |
| The result will show the weekday and the full date, like this "Tuesday, January 5, 2016". | ||
Enable Date | Selected | This will show the date selection pop-up to the user. | ||
Enable Time | Deselected | This will hide the time selection pop-up from the user. | ||
Size by content | Selected | The field size will be reduced to the size of the date entered. |
Adding a Date field
Step 2: Apply the Changes.
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Click the Apply button at the bottom of the screen to close the Widget Design Screen and apply changes.
Then click the Save button at the top of the Widget Details Screen to save these changes. |
Step 3: Test the Widget.
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Test the widget by opening it.
Click on the Calendar icon to open the date picker.
Select a date. It should appear in the date field. |
Date field in the wizard