Javascript and SESSION variable

[Dan_K_]

Everyone,

Here is my question. I am putting together an application and I am using a Javascript date picker. What I would like to do is when the form gets submitted back to itself I would like to set a SESSION variable to the date that was picked so when someone goes back to the page it has the selected date already chosen and not today's date as is happening now. My knowledge of javascript is somewhat limited but I am including a link to the js file as well as the page code that calls it. It looks like var = Today Date(); is what I need to change I am just not really sure how to go about doing this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Daniel Krajc

Link to the javascript:
http://www.redpegonline.com/new_version/assets/calendarDateInput.js

[Dan_K_ · Accepted solution]

Everyone,

I went back to the documentation that Jason Moon provided with the script and looking at it a lot closer than before I figured out that I can set the SESSION variable in the <script>DateInput('preferred_dueDate', true, 'DD-MON-YYYY')</script> with a cfoutput.

Lesson learned, read the documentation.

Thanks.

Daniel Krajc

[Dan_Bracuk]

To expand on what you have already done, if you set a cookie when the form is submitted, you can retrieve the previously selected date on subsequent sessions as well as the current session.