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I have a custom list of "requests" which need to accommodate a required time range for a single date (among other fields), so I added "start" and "end" columns of date and time type. I used designer to create a custom new form and displayed these two fields side by side. With jquery, I hid the textbox and calendar of the "end" field, so the user sees a single textbox and calendar for the date and two sets of time dropdown menus. Whenever the date is changed in the visible date textbox, I push it to the hidden date textbox with jquery.

When I click save, the form is validated and the hidden "end" date textbox loses its value. Why is the value lost and how can I keep it?

As a workaround, I'm sure I could make the "end" column not required and set its date within ItemAdding and ItemUpdating event receivers, but would prefer to resolve this on the client side if possible.

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  • I'd get into firebug and see what all happens under the hood using a regular calendar control. Maybe jQuery is succesfully setting a form field value on the surface, but, the underlying viewstate gobbletygook isn't being notified of a field change in the same way as if a user had interacted with the control.
    – bkwdesign
    Commented Dec 11, 2012 at 20:27
  • Yeah, I think my above comment is on the money. I've seen this before. It's all about the viewstate. Answer is going to be at another link found on this site: forums.asp.net/t/1596330.aspx/1
    – bkwdesign
    Commented Dec 11, 2012 at 20:33

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If you've disabled the EndDate element, it won't be saved. If thats the case, the trick is to re-enable it in the PreSaveAction().

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  • Thank you! I ended up just leaving the EndDate element enabled since it is hidden. I think I would have to handle ALL validation myself in the PreSaveAction if I wanted that element to be visible and disabled. Right now, I let SP validate additional required fields and that seems to be called after the PreSaveAction(). So if any other fields fail their validation, the EndDate would remain enabled.
    – Erin
    Commented Dec 14, 2012 at 17:55

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