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This example shows you how
to:
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Insert a text box into a dialog that contains an ActiveX
Calendar control |
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Pass the Calendar control's value to the text box |
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Pass the text box's value to the Calendar control. |
To try this example yourself,
you must have:
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Started the Windows Designer. |
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Completed the example: How to Create a Simple Dialog that
Contains an ActiveX Control. |
To insert a text box into the
dialog:
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Click the Dialog Boxes tab page, and then drag the MyDialogBox1
class to the design area on the right. |
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Click on the "Dialog header message" label, press the ALT key,
and then click on the label again to select its parent, the
Controls Group class. |
You can also open the
Property Inspector, and then use its Object tree to navigate to the
Controls Group class.
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From the menu bar, choose Insert, Text, Text Box. |
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Select the text box you just inserted, and then open the
Property Inspector. |
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On the Property Inspector's General tab page, set the Data
Length and Display Length properties to "30", and the Prompt
property to "Date:". |
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From the menu bar, choose File, Save As. Type "MyDialogBox2"
and click OK. |
To make the text box respond
to the calendar control:
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Select the MyCalendar class, and click the Property Inspector's
Behavior tab page. |
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Set the After Update property of the calendar to: |
Variables.Text_Box_1
(:"MyCalendar_1.value()")
This will put the value of
the Calendar control's Day property into the text box, every time
the user selects a new date.
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From the menu bar, choose Design, Run. |
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Manipulate the calendar control by clicking on a date field
other than the active date. |
NOTE:
The date format depends on
your Windows Control Panel settings.
Also note that you can read
the value of any of the properties advertised in the property
inspector for the calendar control. For instance, if you wanted the
text box to display only the day value instead of the entire date,
you could set the After Update property to:
Variables.Text_Box_1
(:"MyCalendar_1.Day()")
To make the calendar control
respond to the text box:
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Select the text box object on the dialog, and then set its
Post-edit property to: |
MyCalendar_1._Value(:"Variables.Text_Box_1()")
This will pass the text box's
value to the Calendar control every time you enter the field,
change its value, and then leave the field again.
NOTE:
If you have version 8.0 of the
Calendar Control, the name of the value property is no longer
"_Value" but "Value" (without the underscore).
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From the menu bar, choose File, Save. |
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From the menu bar, choose Design, Run. |
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Type a date value such as "3/20/98" in the text box, and then
press the TAB key. |
NOTE:
The calendar control responds
by selecting the corresponding date field.
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Close the dialog, and then close its design view. |
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