[FLEX-33975] Crash when opening DateField

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Affects Version/s: Apache Flex 4.11.0
• Component/s: mx: DateField
• Environment: Win7 Enterprise
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: jon yeargers
• Created: 03/Dec/13 18:44
• Updated: 21/Mar/14 22:08
• Resolved: 03/Dec/13 20:45

Description

Opening a DateField by clicking on the associated 'calendar' icon gives this error:

TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference.
at mx.controls::DateField$/stringToDate()[/Users/justinmclean/Documents/ApacheFlex4.11.0/frameworks/projects/mx/src/mx/controls/DateField.as:481]
at mx.controls::DateField/displayDropdown()[/Users/justinmclean/Documents/ApacheFlex4.11.0/frameworks/projects/mx/src/mx/controls/DateField.as:2435]
at Function/http://adobe.com/AS3/2006/builtin::apply()
at mx.core::UIComponent/callLaterDispatcher2()[/Users/justinmclean/Documents/ApacheFlex4.11.0/frameworks/projects/framework/src/mx/core/UIComponent.as:12495]
at mx.core::UIComponent/callLaterDispatcher()[/Users/justinmclean/Documents/ApacheFlex4.11.0/frameworks/projects/framework/src/mx/core/UIComponent.as:12433]

Control in question:

<mx:FormItem label="DOB:">
<mx:DateField id="dob" formatString="YYYY-MM-DD" change="validateForm()" text="

{subjdata.DOB}

" yearNavigationEnabled="true"/>
</mx:FormItem>

The call to 'validateForm()' enables the 'submit' button for this form when all fields are completed.

Any date of the form YYYY-MM-DD will cause the RTE.

Failure is occurring here:

var monthNames:Array = ResourceManager.getInstance()
.getStringArray("SharedResources", "monthNames");

var noMonths:int = monthNames.length; <-- monthNames is NULL