Date Time Box

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The date time box lets the user select a date and/or time from a drop down calendar or some other widget.

Properties and Events

The date time box provides the following properties:

SelectedDate - indicates the currently selected date. When this property changes, the SelectedDateChanged event is fired.

Mode - controls whether the date time box edits date, time or both. Can be one of the following:

Mode	Description
Date	Shows a calendar for picking a date.
Time	Shows 3 numeric up/downs for picking hours, minutes and seconds.
DateAndTime	Shows a calendar and 3 numeric up/downs for picking time.
MonthAndYear	Shows a combo box for selecting a month and a numeric up/down for selecting a year.

Format - defines the format of the string representation of the date/time in the text box of the date time box. All .NET framework custom date time strings are supported.
CultureName - determines the culture the date time box is localized in.
HasTodayButton - determines whether the date time box will have a “Today” button when in Date or DateAndTime mode. When clicked, this button will navigate to the current date.
HighlightToday - controls whether the current date (i.e. today) is highlighted or not.

Code Example

The following example demonstrates how to create a date time box and handle it SelectedDateChanged event.

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dateTimeBox = new NDateTimeBox(); dateTimeBox.SelectedDateChanged += new Function<NValueChangeEventArgs>(OnDateDropDownSelectedColorChanged); private void OnDateTimeBoxSelectedColorChanged(NValueChangeEventArgs args) { DateTime newDate = (DateTime)args.NewValue; }

Date Time Box Example

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dateTimeBox = new NDateTimeBox();
dateTimeBox.SelectedDateChanged += new Function<NValueChangeEventArgs>(OnDateDropDownSelectedColorChanged);

private void OnDateTimeBoxSelectedColorChanged(NValueChangeEventArgs args)
{
    DateTime newDate = (DateTime)args.NewValue;
}