Ug, I hate that control. I ended up writing my own version using a combo, a
speed button and the TMonthCalendar component.
<Exasperation>
Get this for "most annoying thing ever": While the Calendar portion of a
TDateTimePicker is navigatable by the arrow keys - the TMonthCalendar is
not.
</Exasperation>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Hyde [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, 22 May 2001 5:24 p.m.
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: [DUG]: TDateTimePicker/Win32
>
>
> Greetings,
> Has anyone ever successfully used the win32 tab's
> TDateTimePicker with a "Windows Long" date format?
>
> I ask, because its appearance is foul -- instead of showing
> something like:
>
> Tuesday, 21 May 2001
>
> it *justifies* the text to the full width of the control,
> thus showing
> something like:
>
> Tuesday , 21 May 2001
>
> It looks pug-ugly and unprofessional, but I can't seem to find a way
> to affect the display, other than selecting short date format, which
> is not wanted. It's not caused by Windows date/time format
> settings, because they don't have spurious spaces etc. In fact, I
> believe the behaviour is wired deep in Comctrl32.dll, because a
> VC++ app using the same core control has the same nasty
> behaviour.
>
> Yet, I've seen other applications with a nice long date format, so...
>
> ...any clues hot to pummel THIS control into shape, anyone?
>
> TIA.
>
>
> cheers,
> peter
>
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