How about TextBoxes that only allow numeric entry. Would be far easier for someone than clicking back a month/year a thousand times.
On 5 Sep, 17:11, Mike Fry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joseph Irizarry wrote: > > It seems that there is no way to force the DateTimePicker to go before > > 1753. The absolute minimum date it will allow is stored in a readonly > > static variable. I have not other suggestions than to write your own > > calendar control (if you must stay in the WinForms API). > > Thought that might be the case > > > If you want to try WPF (keeps you on the desktop): There is no > > DateTimePicker in WPF. But you can make your own, someone already has > > too. There is a pretty bit set of cool custom controls available > > athttp://j832.com/bagotricks/. <http://j832.com/bagotricks/> > > Included in this download is the source code. There are two different > > types of date picker controls. The guy who did them has limited his min > > date to 1753 as well, but since you have the source code you can change > > that. > > I'll have a look. > > > Another options is to use Asp.Net (you will have to build a web > > application): There is a Calendar control in that you can simply drag > > and drop on a page. It supports a lot of customization for looks, but > > most importantly it will go back far before 1753. I didn't run any tests > > to see just how far back, the furthest I have tested is Jan 1, 1400. > > No. Not building a web application. This is for a genealogical > transcription program that runs on the desktop. > > Thanks for all the information. Guess I'll just have to have a go at > building my own control from scratch. Oh well. That'll add a week or so > to the project! > > -- > Regards, > Mike Fry > Johannesburg. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DotNetDevelopment, VB.NET, C# .NET, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, XML, XML Web Services,.NET Remoting" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://cm.megasolutions.net/forums/default.aspx -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
