I like the date picker that comes with the current version of LiveCycle Designer (that came with Acrobat Pro 9.x). However, it is problematic with a tablet PC.
Specifically, for date of birth fields, if I have to go back 30-60 years, I have to "peck"/continuous tap with the stylus to get it back to the desired year. There does not seem to be a reliable method (with the tablet PC stylus) to get it to move to the grouped year ranges that seem to be unique to this date picker. If I use a mouse with the tablet pc I can achieve that. Also with the mouse, I can hold down the down button on the year choice and it will rapidly take me to a previous year. However, with the tablet PC stylus, more often than not it just creates a visual ring asking if I want today's date. It seems the stylus tip is just not as precise as the laser mouse cursor to get it to scroll down.
If somebody has a solution for that solution I would love to hear it.
Also, the date field will not let me type in the date even if I type in the correct format (e.g., 11/18/2010).
My alternate solution, that I was contemplating was 3 drop down lists, for the day, month, year, and then do some type of concatenate maneuver to yield the date. For the day the choice would be 1-31, month 1-12, and year 1910 to 2015. I would concatenate by doing something like day field + /month field + /year field. I anticipate that it won't allow me to do save it as a date field. Also, there is the potential to put in a date that doesn't exist like February 31 or other months that do not have 31 days.
I have 4 or 5 date fields on my form and I am very happy with the date picker for that. All the other fields are related to dates that are usually within the last 2-3 months and therefore I never have to fool with the year choice. However for DOB, it takes me at least 1 minute to select the right date and this is a big headache. As stated above it is not a problem when using a mouse or on non-tablet PCs. It is just a problem when using the stylus with the tablet PC. I also do not want to have to keep a mouse with the tablet PC as that is inconvenient.
BTW, it is a Lenovo ThinkPad x201t.
Thanks.
George Kaiser