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If I use the widget:type of date (these are for birth dates) I get a drop down of the years 2001-2010. Is there a way to change this?

This is one of those simple things that I have been planning to deal with for a while but haven't got around to it. You need to make a modification to Dataface_QuickForm.php to make this work:

In the method _buildWidget(), there is a switch clause where it goes:

switch ( $widget['type'] ){
...
case 'htmlarea': ...

case 'calendar:'...

...
}

You need to add a special case for date as follows:
case 'date':
$el =& $form->addElement('date', $field['name'], $widget['label'], $widget);
break;


Now you can specify options for the date widget in the fields.ini file as follows:

[mydate]
widget:type=date
widget:language=en ; specify the language format of the date
widget:format='dMY' ; Specify the date format
widget:minYear=1956 ; The minimum year to select
widget:maxYear=2000 ; The maximum year to select

I have added this modification to my local dev copy so it will be part of the next minor release.

Best regards

Steve

Thanks. We are just in the developement stages so I will keep an eye on this for now and update it when I need to.

Hi Steve

I have used the date formatting command above and it comes up fine when editing, but in list and view mode the date is displayed in YYYY-MM-DD format. Is there a way to make it more user friendly e.g DD-mmm-YY (2-Dec-06) or something similar?

Many thanks

Neil

Yes.. You can override the display for any field in the delegate class using methods of the form:
%fieldname%__display(&$record)

e.g.:

Code: Select all

function startdate__display(&$record){
    return date('F d, Y', strtotime($record->strval('startdate')));
}


This would format the startdate field like 'February 25, 2006'.

Hope this helps..
-Steve

Sorry Steve. Doesn't change the output display at either list or detail level. Could it be because my field is a date datatype?

Neil

This should work. I tested it before posting it. Can you double check your code. (e.g. make sure there are two underscores, etc...).

This strategy will work for any field regardless of type.

-Steve

I've done a cut and paste on your code and edited in my fieldname ItemDate. Still showing dates as 2006-12-05.

The code is here:


function ItemDate__display(&$record){

return date('F d, Y', strtotime($record->strval('ItemDate')));

}

Cheers

Neil

Things that it could possibly be (checklist):
1. Name of ItemDate field is case sensitive.
2. The ItemDate field is actually in a different table than the delegate class for which the ItemDate__display() method is defined.
3. ... can't think of anything else right now ...

Let me know if it is either of those.

-Steve

ItemDate is definitely the field name as spelled; code for delegate class is in the same directory as the fields.ini for the Items table.

I can't think of anything else either!

Neil