Setting Date Issue with DatePicker and LoD ComboBox (LINQ on Demand)

[Kori]

So, 

I'm having a bit of an issue trying to select the date the user selected from a "load on demand" client-side bound combobox.

	<telerik:RadComboBox ID="healthNumberCombo" Width="250px" AutoPostBack="true" EmptyMessage="Health Number" AllowCustomText="true" runat="server" HighlightTemplatedItems="true"
	EnableLoadOnDemand="true" LoadingMessage="Loading ..." Height="273px"
	OnClientItemsRequesting="onItemsRequesting" OnClientItemDataBound="onItemDataBound"
	OnClientSelectedIndexChanged="onSelectedIndexChanged">
	<WebServiceSettings Method="GetPatientList" Path="Services/AutoComplete.asmx" />
	</telerik:RadComboBox>

	<div id="myTemplate" class="sys-template">
	<div>
	<b>Name:&nbsp;</b>{{FullName}}<br />
	<b>DOB:&nbsp;</b>{{BirthDate.format("MM/dd/yyyy")}}<br />
	<b>HC#:&nbsp;</b>{{HealthNumber}}
	</div>
	</div>

	function onItemDataBound(sender, eventArgs)
	{
	var item = eventArgs.get_item();
	var dataItem = eventArgs.get_dataItem();
	item.get_attributes().setAttribute("hc", dataItem.HealthNumber);
	item.get_attributes().setAttribute("dob", dataItem.BirthDate);
	item.set_value(dataItem.PatientID);
	dataItem.Index = item.get_index();
	var template = new Sys.UI.Template($get("myTemplate"));
	template.instantiateIn(item.get_element(), dataItem);
	}
	function onSelectedIndexChanged(sender, eventArgs) {
	var item = eventArgs.get_item();
	sender.set_text(item.get_attributes().getAttribute("hc"));
	var dob = item.get_attributes().getAttribute("dob");
	var dobPicker = $find('<%= dobPicker.ClientID %>');
	debugger;
	if (dobPicker != null) {
	dob1.set_selectedDate(dob);
	}
	}

And all that happens is the date picker displays the warning image (like incorrect input) and nothing will display. The combobox value dataItem.BirthDate comes from a webservice which uses LINQ to get the data from a Patient table, where BirthDate is of type DateTime (which is why I specify the format in the template, or it'll display everything in the object (date and time and timezone, etc etc)

I've tried creating a new date object, i've tried splitting the date into a 3 part array as I read somewhere .. nothing works.

Telerik 2009.1.402.35

[Atanas Korchev]

Hi Kori,

What is displayed when you alert your date? If it is a string you need to use the JavaScriptSerializer and deserialize it as a valid date object.

Regards,
Albert
the Telerik team

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