How to check if Date field is empty

[davilu]

Hi Community,

This is kind of a silly question, but I'm writing a client script that checks to see if a date field is empty.   If it is empty I want it to clear a couple other fields:

var start = g_form.getValue('from');

var end = g_form.getValue('to');  

if(start=='' || null) {

g_form.setValue('year', '');

g_form.setValue('month', '');

g_form.setValue('day', '');

}

Right now, when I delete the date field, the other fields don't clear out.   However, if I delete the date field and press the space bar, the other fields clear out.   What's the syntax to see if a date field is empty or not?

Thanks!

[prasad48]

Try

var start = g_form.getValue('from');

if(start)

{

//code here if date has value

}

else

{

////code here if date has no   value

}

[andymcdonald]

pretty sure your if statement is bad...should be

if (start == '' || start == null)

that said, I would probably prefer to just replace it with this

if (! start)

--see if it helps

-Andy

[Prateek kumar]

Hello David try this:

var start = g_form.getValue('from');

var end = g_form.getValue('to');

if(start=='') {

g_form.clearValue('year');

g_form.clearValue('month');

g_form.clearValue('day');

}

[davilu]

hey prateek_kumar, pdhule, andymcdonald, thanks for the help!   I tried all three suggestions, but nothing worked.   Do I need to create separate client scripts to clear fields?