Control:  Datepicker
Release:  1.01 - 12/01/2003
Author:   Michael McLain

Whats new since 1.00 - The datepicker control now supports viewstate. If you upgrade from the 1.00 version of the control and do not wish to use viewstate then you must manually set the EnableViewstate property to false. The Datepicker dll file is now compiled under the 1.1 framework.

Datepicker is a custom control that provides date selection using drop down select objects.

Returning valid dates from a client's browser has always been a problem. Was a valid date entered, is the client's date format MM/DD/YYYY or DD/MM/YYYY. The solution used here is to create three seperate dropdown objects for month, day and year. The returned date is provide in both string and datetime types as well as the selected day, month and year as integer type. The date string format returned to the server is selectable.

Please report any problems using the discussion forum on www.truegeeks.com so we may correct them.

Disclaimer: Use at you own risk. The author will not assume responsibility for any damage that may result from the use of this software.

To make the control available.
Open a web project from VS.NET.
Open a web form page in the IDE and display the toolbox.
Select the tab on the toolbox that you wish to hold the control.
Right click the mouse button on the selected toolbox tab pane.
Select the "Customize Toolbox" option.
From the Customize Toolbox window select the ".NET Framework Components" tab. Select the "Browse" button and navigate to where you saved the "mm_date.dll" file.
Select the "mm_date.dll" file from the navigation panel and then press "OK".
The datepicker should now show on the toolbox.

Properties:

Initial_Date:		Default date selection
YearRange_Start:		Minimum year range in year drop down, values prior to 1970 not allowed
YearRange_End:		Maximum year range in year drop down
Date_Mode:		Determines date format returned in the hidden object's value.   date_mode = 1 - MM/DD/YYYY   date_mode = 2 - DD/MM/YYYY   date_mode = 3 - YYYYMMDD   date_mode = 4 - universal format
Form_Level:		Form object level index for use with multiple forms per page. (default = 0)

Returns:

Selected_Date:		Selected date (string), format determined by date_mode
Date_Picked:		Selected date in DateTime format
Day:		Selected day (integer)
Month:		Selected month (integer)
Year:		Selected year (integer)