hello

i have a search form and after hitting a button, part of a page is rerendered and results are shown. however, i have a problem with a4j:region:

<h:panelGrid columns="2">
 <a4j:region id="region">
 <a4j:commandButton reRender="searchResults"
 value="search" action="#{myBean.search}"/>
 </a4j:region>
 <a4j:status for="region">
 <f:facet name="start">
 <h:graphicImage value="img/ajax-loader.gif" />
 </f:facet>
 </a4j:status>
 </h:panelGrid>

public void search() {
 UIViewRoot root = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getViewRoot();
 Date tempDate = (Date) ((HtmlCalendar) root
 .findComponent("frmMain:ReceivedDecorate:itReceivedFrom"))
 .getValue();
 // etc

it doesn't work this way and tempDate is always null. If i remove a4j:region tag, it does work but other ajax requests on the page trigger ajax status, as expected. is there a solution to this?

regards, veljko