Calendar Controls

In the Georgia Babies Can't Wait application, calendar controls allow you to enter or select dates from a drop-down calendar.  Click on a date field to display the drop-down calendar, and then click on a date to select it.  You can navigate through the months using the arrow buttons at the top of the calendar.

The calendar control appears as a masked edit box.  However, a one-month calendar displays when your cursor is placed in the masked edit box.  The month that the calendar displays is determined by the contents of the masked edit box.  If the box is empty, the current month displays.  If the box contains a date, the specified month displays.

Calendar control (day view)

The left arrow at the top-left corner of the calendar displays the previous month when clicked.  The right arrow at the top-right corner of the calendar displays the next month when clicked.  Any day of the displayed calendar month can be selected by clicking it.  Alternately, the current date can be selected by clicking the Today link at the bottom of the calendar.

Click the Month, Year link at the top of the calendar to display all months in the year.  The left arrow at the top-left corner of the calendar displays the previous year when clicked.  The right arrow at the top-right corner of the calendar displays the next year when clicked.  Any month of the displayed calendar year can be selected by clicking it.  Once selected, the day view will be displayed.

Calendar control (month view)

Click the Year link at the top of the calendar to display all years in the decade.  The left arrow at the top-left corner of the calendar displays the previous decade when clicked.  The right arrow at the top-right corner of the calendar displays the next decade when clicked.  Any year of the displayed decade can be selected by clicking it.  Once selected, the month view will be displayed.

Calendar control (year view)

If you prefer not to use the mouse, a date can be typed directly in the box.  The date entered can be in one of several different formats, but it must be valid.  For example, you could type any of the following:

• "08 10 08"

• "08/10/08"

• "8/10/2008"

Any of the dates above would be recognized by the calendar control and displayed as "8/10/2008".  The values typed can be separated by forward slashes (/).