Set default date in form box 1

[nicks60610]

I have a simple form which is populated from a Javascript pop-up calendar, but before the user enables the calendar and selects a date, is there a way I can set "Today's Date" in the form so that it always displays a current date before the user actually selects the date?

Thanks for any help on this,

 

[DelphiAaron]

i found this, i havent tried it. hope it helps

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"><!--
function padout(number) { return (number < 10) ? '0' + number : number; }

var today = new Date()

var ftoday = padout(today.getDate()) + '/' + padout((today.getMonth() + 1)) + '/' + today.getYear()

var output = '<FORM><SELECT>';

for (var i=-7; i<7; i++) {
aday = new Date(today.getYear(),today.getMonth(),today.getDate() + i)
faday = padout(aday.getDate()) + '/' + padout((aday.getMonth() + 1)) + '/' + aday.getYear()

output += '<OPTION ';

if (faday==ftoday)
output += ' SELECTED';

output += '>' + faday;
}

output += '<\/SELECT><\/FORM>';

document.write(output);
//--></SCRIPT>


Aaron Taylor
John Mutch Electronics

http://www.jme.com.au

 

[nicks60610]

Let me try that, thanks aaronjme!!

 

[nicks60610]

It does display the current date in a separate form and when I tried to change this:

var output = '<FORM><SELECT>';

to this:

var output = InputForm.Day;

It still would not insert the current date in to my existing form (Day) :- ( , I am sure I am missing something, any ideas??

 

[nicks60610]

This is what I ended up doing instead (not sure why I did not think of this before - duh).

I saved the page as an ASP page and made the change:

<INPUT NAME="Day" value="<%=Date()%>" style="font-weight: 700" size="20"><b><img src="show-calendar.gif" width="24" height="22" border="0" onclick="show_calendar('InputForm.Day')"></b></td>

As you can see I added value="<%=Date()%>" which will automatically display today's date in the form and then user can select a date from the pop-up calendar, but the form is now at least not blank. Your suggestion brought me on to the right path, so thanks Aaronjme!!