DateField selectedDate always returns null

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I have an MXML component which I'm using to create a popup. In this component i have a DateField with id fromDateand format string as DD.MM.YYYY when I'm trying to set the date as 

formDate.text = "17.05.2016";

and then try to access the date as 

fromDate.selectedDate; //this is returning null

When I'm trying to set the date in date field in the same way in the main mxml document it is working fine.

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actionscript-3apache-flexflex3mxml

1 Answers

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When I'm trying to set the date in date field in the same way in the main mxml document it is working fine.

This is not equivalent to setting the .text property programmatically which usually does not trigger an input event in the view and thus not a change event in the model.