Quoting Neven MacEwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Nic
>
> > Second up:
> > TDateTimePicker has to be about the most ugly and useless way to select
> > dates - the date selector is fine, but the edit control is, well, crap. I
> > want similar functionallity on a TSpeedButton (ie, drop the calendar
> down,
> > allow the user to select a date, hide it again). Anyone know how to make
> it
> > pop up, ala a pop-up menu? The source is not exactly easy to follow.
> >
>
> Re this - I've just spend 2 weeks writing a TDBDateTimePicker that has the
> following features
>
> 1/ Can stand alone
> 2/ Floats over grids
> 3/ Supports time input
> 4/ Uses Displayforamtformating strings ie dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss
> 5/ Works on input 'cells' ie dd indicates a day cell which will auto exit
> when complete and up arrow down arrow roll
> hence you can type a date as 030999 or 3/9/99 (with a display format of
> dd/MM/yy)
>
> Downside is that is is based on the softtouch grid engine
> www.softtouchdev.com so you'd need this (highly recommended as
> a basis for DB Components)
> but if you wanted the source and to hackit to base it on a tcustom edit
> your'e welcome (you'd loose function 2)
IIRC Adrock here in Christchurch have similar controls.
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