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dateSelectTags()

Description

Builds and returns a string containing three select form controls (month, day, and year) based on a name and value.

Function Syntax

dateSelectTags(name [, selected, order, separator, startYear, endYear, monthDisplay, includeBlank, label, labelPlacement, prepend, append, prependToLabel, appendToLabel, combine ])

Parameters

Parameter Type Required Default Description
name string Yes Name to populate in tag's name attribute.
selected string No Value of option that should be selected by default.
order string No month,day,year Use to change the order of or exclude date select tags.
separator string No Use to change the character that is displayed between the date select tags.
startYear numeric No 2005 First year in select list.
endYear numeric No 2015 Last year in select list.
monthDisplay string No names Pass in names, numbers, or abbreviations to control display.
includeBlank any No false Whether to include a blank option in the select form control. Pass true to include a blank line or a string that should represent what display text should appear for the empty value (for example, "- Select One -").
label string No The label text to use in the form control. The label will be applied to all select tags, but you can pass in a list to cutomize each one individually.
labelPlacement string No around Whether to place the label before, after, or wrapped around the form control.
prepend string No String to prepend to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
append string No String to append to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
prependToLabel string No String to prepend to the form control's label. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
appendToLabel string No String to append to the form control's label. Useful to wrap the form control with HTML tags.
combine boolean No Set to false to not combine the select parts into a single DateTime object.

Examples

<!--- This "Tag" version of function accepts `name` and `selected` instead of binding to a model object --->
<cfoutput>
    #dateSelectTags(name="dateStart", selected=params.dateStart)#
</cfoutput>

<!--- Show fields for month and year only --->
<cfoutput>
    #dateSelectTags(name="expiration", selected=params.expiration, order="month,year")#
</cfoutput>