Reputation: 43
I need to know is it possible to insert a date into a textbox and then that date would be selected in the calendar. I am using the calendar in Microsoft visual studio express 2012 for web.
Below is the code for inserting a date into a textbox by selecting the date on the calendar. (However I want to do the opposite)
Default.aspx
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:Calendar ID="Calendar1" runat="server" Visible="False" OnSelectionChanged="Calendar1_SelectionChanged"></asp:Calendar>
</div>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:LinkButton ID="LinkButton1" runat="server" onclick="LinkButton1_Click">PickDate...</asp:LinkButton>
</form>
Default.aspx.cs
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void LinkButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Calendar1.Visible = true;
}
protected void Calendar1_SelectionChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
TextBox1.Text = Calendar1.SelectedDate.ToLongDateString();
Calendar1.Visible = false;
}
}
Thanks
Upvotes: 3
Views: 47957
Reputation: 1649
create an event on the Textbox for when the text is changing
Inside the event check wether the text is an actual datetime for handling exceptions
protected void TextBox1_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
DateTime curDate = DateTime.Now;
if (DateTime.TryParse(TextBox1.Text, out curDate))
{
Calendar1.SelectedDate = Convert.ToDateTime(TextBox1.Text);
}
}
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 454
protected void LinkButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
if(TextBox1.Text!=string.Empty)
Calendar1.SelectedDate = Convert.ToDateTime(TextBox1.Text);
Calendar1.Visible = true;
}
But you need to validate user eneterd datetime before converting textbox value to datetime. Here is the link of javascript datetime validation.
Upvotes: 2
Reputation: 9527
How about
protected void TextBox1_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Calendar1.SelectedDate = Convert.ToDateTime(TextBox1.Text);
}
Upvotes: 5