The date picker does not work in internet explorer 11. javascript is used for date picker

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function show_calendar() {
var gNow = new Date();
var ReturnItem = arguments[0];
if (arguments[1] == null)
inMonth = new String(gNow.getMonth()+1);
else
inMonth = arguments[1];
if (arguments[2] == null)
inDay = new String(gNow.getDate());
else
inDay = arguments[2];
if (arguments[3] == null)
inYear = new String(gNow.getYear());
else
inYear = arguments[3];
var scpHeader = "script";
var scpLanguage = "JavaScript";
var scpDash = "-";
var winProps = "toolbar=no,location=no,direction=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=165,height=165,left=" + StartLeft + ",top=" + StartTop;

wCal = window.open('','winCalendar',winProps);
wCal.opener = self;
wCal.document.writeln('<html><META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" content="<%=Now%>"><TITLE>Select Date</TITLE>');
wCal.document.writeln('<BODY Style="background-repeat:no-repeat;background-position:center;" bgcolor="white" background="/graphics/sbc_color_med.gif" bgproperties=fixed topmargin=0 leftmargin=0>');
wCal.document.writeln('');
wCal.document.writeln('<' + scpHeader + ' language="' + scpLanguage + '" FOR="Calendar1" EVENT="Click()">');
wCal.document.writeln('<!' + scpDash + scpDash);
wCal.document.writeln(' ReturnDate = this.month+"/"+this.day+"/"+this.year;');
wCal.document.writeln(' self.opener.document.' + ReturnItem + '.value = ReturnDate;');
wCal.document.writeln(' self.opener.document.' + ReturnItem + '.select();');
wCal.document.writeln(' self.opener.document.' + ReturnItem + '.focus();');
wCal.document.writeln(' self.close();');
wCal.document.writeln('\/\/' + scpDash + scpDash + '>');
wCal.document.writeln('<\/' + scpHeader + '>');
wCal.document.writeln('');
wCal.document.writeln('<object id=Calendar1 classid=clsid:8E27C92B-1264-101C-8A2F-040224009C02 width=165 height=165>');
wCal.document.writeln('<param name="Year" value="'+inYear+'" />');
wCal.document.writeln('<param name="Month" value="'+inMonth+'" />');
wCal.document.writeln('<param name="Day" value="'+inDay+'" />');
wCal.document.writeln('</object></body></html>');
wCal.document.close();
}

Posted 31-Oct-14 3:37am

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Richard Deeming · Answer 1 · 2014-10-31T03:45:00

Using an ActiveX control for your calendar isn't going to work in anything other than Internet Explorer on Windows. The user will also need to have the ActiveX control installed, and will potentially need to change their security settings.

Try using one of the many Javascript date pickers which don't rely on an ActiveX control. For example: http://jqueryui.com/datepicker/[^]