Calendar Control Demostrations Download source files -209 kb Download source Lib -41 kb Download source Src -239 kb Different StylesIntroduction
Simple to use Month Calendar control supporting
* Vista Style Navigation
* Keyboard Support
* Full Designer Support
Features
Month Calendar control has the following features
* 6 Pre-defined Themes
* Supports alpha blend image
* Full Keyboard support
* Full Design Time support
* Supports Saving/Loading of layout colors
* Supports Disabled back color
Using the Code
Control is simple and straight forward.
Use the designer to fine tune appearance.
Keyboard
* Enter Key - Select
* Left Key - Increment Day/Month/Year/Years by one.
* Right Key - Decrement Day/Month/Year/Years by one.
* Down Key - Increment Day/month/Year/Years by one column.
* Up Key - Decrement Day/month/Year/Years by one column.
* Space bar - Change View form Date to Month, Month to Year, Years to Years.
Points of Interest
MonthCalander
Properties
* Appearance - MonthCalanderAppearance object containing Appearance of MonthCalendar.
* BackGroundImageAlpha - % of transparency of BackGroundImage.
* CaptionFont - Gets or sets Font Family to be used for drawing Caption.
* CurrentAppearance - MonthCalanderAppearance object containing current appearance.
* DrawFocused - Gets or sets whether focus rectangle needs to be drawn.
* HotAppearance - Gets or sets the control supports hover behaviour.
* NumberFont - Gets or sets Font Family to be used for drawing numbers.
* SelectedDate - Gets or sets current selected date.
Events
* ValueChanged - Fired when SelectedDate is changed.
* ValueChanging - Fired when SelectedDate is about to be changed. Methods
* HitTest() - Performs the HitTest
* bool LoadTheme(string fileName) - Loads the color scheme from a xml file. fileName is location of xml file containing color scheme. Returns wether Load was successfull or not.
* ResetAppearance() - Reset the appearance of Calander control to default value.
* bool SaveTheme(string fileName) - Saves current color scheme of the Calander control to a xml file. fileName is path of xml file to which data will be written. Returns wether save was successful or not.
ThemeProperty
Properties
* UseTheme - Gets or Sets wether to use predefined theme or custom colors.
* ColorScheme - Gets or Sets ColorScheme to be applied. Please Note : This will not be applicable when UseTheme is set as false.
Events
* ThemeChanged - Fired when UseTheme or ColorScheme is changed.
Methods
* bool DefaultChanged() - Returns wether ThemeProperty properties has changed or not.
MonthCalanderAppearance
Properties
* ActiveTextColor - Gets or Sets color of active text.
* ArrowColor - Gets or Sets color of navigation arrow.
* ArrowHoverColor - Gets or Sets hover color of navigation arroe.
* ButtonBackColor - Gets or Sets back color appearance of navigation buttons.
* CaptionBackColor - Gets or Sets back appearance of caption background.
* CaptionTextColor - Gets or Sets color of caption text.
* ControlBackColor - Gets or Sets backcolor of control.
* ControlBorderColor - Gets or Sets color of borders.
* DateDaySaperatorColor - Gets or Sets color of date Day saperator.
* DayMarker - Gets or Sets color of Date Indicator(e.g. S M T).
* DisabledMask - Gets or Sets Mask Color when control is disabled.
* FocusedBorder - Gets or Sets focused border color.
* HoverColor - Gets or Sets hover color.
* InactiveTextColor - Gets or Sets inactive text color.
* Radius - Gets or Sets radius of Arc on hover at edge.
* SelectedBackColor - Gets or Sets back appearance of selected date.
* SelectedDateAppearance - Gets or Sets selected date border appearance.
* TodayBorderColor - Gets or Sets color of today border color.
* SelectedDateTextColor - Gets or Sets text color of selected date.
* TodayColor - Gets or Sets color of Today marker.
Events
* AppearanceChanged - Fired when appearance property is changed.
Methods
* Assign(MonthCalanderAppearance appearance) - Assigns properties of appearance to current object.
* bool DefaultChanged() - Returns wether ThemeProperty properties has changed or not.
* Reset() - Resets current appearance to default appearance.
Known Issues
* No Test Performed.
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