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The following example sets the maximum year to the current year, preventing you from using the month-based or year-based navigation to advance to [...]]]> The following examples show how you can set a minimum and maximum allowable year in the Flex DateChooser control by setting the minYear and maxYear properties.

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The following example sets the maximum year to the current year, preventing you from using the month-based or year-based navigation to advance to future years (but future months within the same year are allowed):

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/05/04/setting-a-minimum-and-maximum-allowable-year-in-the-datechooser-control-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:DateChooser id="dateChooser"
            yearNavigationEnabled="true"
            initialize="dateChooser.maxYear = new Date().fullYear;" />

</mx:Application>

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The following example sets the minimum year to the current year, preventing you from using the month-based or year-based navigation to advance to previous years (but previous months within the same year are allowed). Also, a disabled range is set up using the disabledRanges property which specifies a rangeEnd value of the current date, preventing users from selecting any days prior to today:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/05/04/setting-a-minimum-and-maximum-allowable-year-in-the-datechooser-control-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:DateChooser id="dateChooser"
            yearNavigationEnabled="true"
            initialize="dateChooser.minYear = new Date().fullYear;"
            disabledRanges="{[{rangeEnd:new Date()}]}" />

</mx:Application>

View source is enabled in the following example.

 

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The following example shows how you can set a minimum and maximum allowable year in the Flex DateField control by setting the minYear and maxYear properties.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/12/17/setting-a-minimum-and-maximum-allowable-year-in-the-flex-datefield-control/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="top"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:DateField id="dateField"
            yearNavigationEnabled="true"
            minYear="2000"
            maxYear="2010" />

</mx:Application>

View source is enabled in the following example.