Haha, good point On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 1:45 AM, CK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
