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Dan Hurwitz (VIP)

Hi All,

I am working with the Calendar control and have adapted some sample code
from the .Net Framework library. The adapted code is shown below.

If you run the aspx page, you will see there is a dropdownlist with the
months of the years, a label which shows the number of days selected, and a
button to select all the Fridays in the month.

The problem is that if you click the button, the label updates properly but
the selected days do not highlight. However, after using the dropdown to
select a new month, the button does correctly highlight the selected days.

If I uncomment the Page_Load method, then everything works correctly the
first time.

Why?

Thanks for any understanding you can shed.

--d

---------------------------------------
Calendar test.aspx
------------------

<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<html>
<script runat="server">

    // Having this Page+Load makes the selected days visible first time
    // the button is clicked. Otherwise selected days not visible until
    // the second time the button is clicked.
//    void Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
//    {
//        cal.VisibleDate = cal.TodaysDate;
//    }

    void ddl_SelectedIndexChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        cal.SelectedDates.Clear();
        lblCountUpdate();
        cal.VisibleDate = new DateTime(cal.TodaysDate.Year,
Int32.Parse(ddl.SelectedItem.Value), 1);
    }

    void SelectionChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        lbl1.Text = "Today's Date is " + cal.TodaysDate.ToShortDateString();

        if (cal.SelectedDate != DateTime.MinValue)
            lbl2.Text = "The date selected is "+
cal.SelectedDate.ToShortDateString();

        lblCountUpdate();
    }

    void btnTgif_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        int currentDay = cal.VisibleDate.Day;
        int currentMonth = cal.VisibleDate.Month;
        int currentYear = cal.VisibleDate.Year;

        cal.SelectedDates.Clear();

        for (int i = 1; i <= System.DateTime.DaysInMonth(currentYear,
currentMonth); i++ )
        {
            DateTime date = new DateTime(currentYear, currentMonth, i);
            if (date.DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Friday)
                cal.SelectedDates.Add(date);
        }

        lblCountUpdate();
    }

    void lblCountUpdate()
    {
        lblCount.Text = "Count of Days Selected: " +
cal.SelectedDates.Count.ToString();
    }

</script>

    <body>
    <form runat="server">

        <asp:Calendar
            id="cal"
            SelectionMode="DayWeekMonth"
            ShowGridLines="true"
            onSelectionChanged="SelectionChanged"
            runat="server" >

            <SelectedDayStyle
                BackColor="CornSilk"
                ForeColor="Blue"
                Font-Name="Arial"
                Font-Bold="true"
                Font-Italic="true"/>

            <TodayDayStyle
                BackColor="CornSilk"
                ForeColor="Green"
                Font-Name="Arial"
                Font-Bold="true"
                Font-Italic="false"/>
        </asp:Calendar>

        <p/>
        <asp:Label id="lblCount" runat="server" />
        <p/>
        <asp:Label id="lbl1" runat="server" />
        <p/>
        <asp:Label id="lbl2" runat="server" />
        <p/>
        <table>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    Select a month:
                </td>
                <td>
                    <asp:DropDownList
                        id= "ddl"
                        AutoPostBack="true"
                        onSelectedIndexChanged = "ddl_SelectedIndexChanged"
                        runat="server">

                        <asp:ListItem text="January" value="1" />
                        <asp:ListItem text="February" value="2" />
                        <asp:ListItem text="March" value="3" />
                        <asp:ListItem text="April" value="4" />
                        <asp:ListItem text="May" value="5" />
                        <asp:ListItem text="June" value="6" />
                        <asp:ListItem text="July" value="7" />
                        <asp:ListItem text="August" value="8" />
                        <asp:ListItem text="September" value="9" />
                        <asp:ListItem text="October" value="10" />
                        <asp:ListItem text="November" value="11" />
                        <asp:ListItem text="December" value="12" />

                    </asp:DropDownList>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <asp:Button
                        id="btnTgif"
                        text="TGIF"
                        onClick="btnTgif_Click"
                        runat="server" />
                </td>
            </tr>
        </table>

    </form>
    </body>
</html>

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Anthony Moore

You have run into a non-intuitive aspect of the Calendar OM. Your
work-around is the correct way to deal with it.

    void Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        cal.VisibleDate =3D cal.TodaysDate;
    }

The reason that this is required is that the default value of
VisibleDate is DateTime.Empty, and the behavior of the Calendar in this
instance is to display the current month. So, if you do any Date
arithmetic on VisibleDate before it has been assigned to, you will just
get back DateTime.Empty, which is a dummy date (1/1/0001).

The reason it was done this way was so that the calendar would display
the most logical month (ie. the current one) if you don't set it. Having
a default value of a property that changes goes against our component
model and does not work will with persistence in the WebForms designer.
So, we made DateTime.Empty the default and gave it this behavior.

Anthony Moore
.Net Framework

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Hurwitz [mailto:Click here to reveal e-mail address]
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 6:15 AM
To: aspngbeta
Subject: [aspngbeta] Calendar Question

Hi All,

I am working with the Calendar control and have adapted some sample code
from the .Net Framework library. The adapted code is shown below.

If you run the aspx page, you will see there is a dropdownlist with the
months of the years, a label which shows the number of days selected,
and a
button to select all the Fridays in the month.

The problem is that if you click the button, the label updates properly
but
the selected days do not highlight. However, after using the dropdown
to
select a new month, the button does correctly highlight the selected
days.

If I uncomment the Page_Load method, then everything works correctly the
first time.

Why?

Thanks for any understanding you can shed.

--d

---------------------------------------
Calendar test.aspx
------------------

<%@ Page Language=3D"C#" %>
<html>
<script runat=3D"server">

    // Having this Page+Load makes the selected days visible first
time
    // the button is clicked. Otherwise selected days not visible
until
    // the second time the button is clicked.
//    void Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
//    {
//        cal.VisibleDate =3D cal.TodaysDate;
//    }

    void ddl_SelectedIndexChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        cal.SelectedDates.Clear();
        lblCountUpdate();
        cal.VisibleDate =3D new DateTime(cal.TodaysDate.Year,
Int32.Parse(ddl.SelectedItem.Value), 1);
    }

    void SelectionChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        lbl1.Text =3D "Today's Date is " +
cal.TodaysDate.ToShortDateString();

        if (cal.SelectedDate !=3D DateTime.MinValue)
            lbl2.Text =3D "The date selected is "+
cal.SelectedDate.ToShortDateString();

        lblCountUpdate();
    }

    void btnTgif_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        int currentDay =3D cal.VisibleDate.Day;
        int currentMonth =3D cal.VisibleDate.Month;
        int currentYear =3D cal.VisibleDate.Year;

        cal.SelectedDates.Clear();

        for (int i =3D 1; i <=3D
System.DateTime.DaysInMonth(currentYear,
currentMonth); i++ )
        {
            DateTime date =3D new DateTime(currentYear,
currentMonth, i);
            if (date.DayOfWeek =3D=3D DayOfWeek.Friday)
                cal.SelectedDates.Add(date);
        }

        lblCountUpdate();
    }

    void lblCountUpdate()
    {
        lblCount.Text =3D "Count of Days Selected: " +
cal.SelectedDates.Count.ToString();
    }

</script>

    <body>
    <form runat=3D"server">

        <asp:Calendar
            id=3D"cal"
            SelectionMode=3D"DayWeekMonth"
            ShowGridLines=3D"true"
            onSelectionChanged=3D"SelectionChanged"
            runat=3D"server" >

            <SelectedDayStyle
                BackColor=3D"CornSilk"
                ForeColor=3D"Blue"
                Font-Name=3D"Arial"
                Font-Bold=3D"true"
                Font-Italic=3D"true"/>

            <TodayDayStyle
                BackColor=3D"CornSilk"
                ForeColor=3D"Green"
                Font-Name=3D"Arial"
                Font-Bold=3D"true"
                Font-Italic=3D"false"/>
        </asp:Calendar>

        <p/>
        <asp:Label id=3D"lblCount" runat=3D"server" />
        <p/>
        <asp:Label id=3D"lbl1" runat=3D"server" />
        <p/>
        <asp:Label id=3D"lbl2" runat=3D"server" />
        <p/>
        <table>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    Select a month:
                </td>
                <td>
                    <asp:DropDownList
                        id=3D "ddl"
                        AutoPostBack=3D"true"
                        onSelectedIndexChanged =3D
"ddl_SelectedIndexChanged"
                        runat=3D"server">

                        <asp:ListItem
text=3D"January" value=3D"1" />
                        <asp:ListItem
text=3D"February" value=3D"2" />
                        <asp:ListItem
text=3D"March" value=3D"3" />
                        <asp:ListItem
text=3D"April" value=3D"4" />
                        <asp:ListItem text=3D"May"
value=3D"5" />
                        <asp:ListItem
text=3D"June" value=3D"6" />
                        <asp:ListItem
text=3D"July" value=3D"7" />
                        <asp:ListItem
text=3D"August" value=3D"8" />
                        <asp:ListItem
text=3D"September" value=3D"9" />
                        <asp:ListItem
text=3D"October" value=3D"10" />
                        <asp:ListItem
text=3D"November" value=3D"11" />
                        <asp:ListItem
text=3D"December" value=3D"12" />

                    </asp:DropDownList>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <asp:Button
                        id=3D"btnTgif"
                        text=3D"TGIF"
                        onClick=3D"btnTgif_Click"
                        runat=3D"server" />
                </td>
            </tr>
        </table>

    </form>
    </body>
</html>

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	System.DateTime
	System.DayOfWeek
	System.EventArgs
	System.Int32
	System.Web.UI.WebControls.DropDownList
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	System.Windows.Forms.SelectionMode

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