Use date picker on custom form?

I pulled the following code out of the form wizard for the date picker:

<div  class="form_item">
  <div class="form_element cf_datetimepicker">
    <label class="cf_label">Click Me to Edit</label>
    <input onclick="new Calendar(this);" class="cf_datetime" size="20" id="date_0" name="date_0" type="text">
  </div>
  <div class="clear"> </div>
</div>

If I try to insert that into a new form using the form manager, it works except the forward and backward buttons to select the month do not appear, and the X to close the box does not appear. I've checked every setting in the form manager (custom code, form code, etc...) and can't find any differences. Does anyone know what I'm missing to make those buttons appear on the date picker?

try to set "load Chronoforms files" to yes in the general tab!

Load Chronoforms CSS/JS Files - this is already set to YES 😟

:idea: Okay, I just found out that it works if I access the form directly:
http://artshowlist.com/index.php?option=com_chronocontact&chronoformname=calltoartists

But not if I use the chronoforms mambot to call it inside a content item:
http://artshowlist.com/submit/calltoartistsform

Yet another discovery 😀

It also works if I access the non sef url when using the bot plugin:
http://artshowlist.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44

Hi redrings, I see the date picker images issue, urls are broken on SEF pages, I will move this to bugs and look at it soon!

Cheers

Max

That makes sense, I'll just use the direct link to the form for now.

Redrings, just wanted to thank you for the code snippet up there. To date, that was the easiest way to access a pop-up calender I've found on this forum or any other!

Hi stmoist,

I think it's exactly the same code as you'll get from the ChronoForms Wizard.

Bob

Yep, Bob's right - took it straight from there, you should thank the component author for it 😀