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ShowToday Property, SftMaskCalendar Object

Defines whether the calendar shows the current date.

Syntax

Get

C#bool Boolean = object.ShowToday;
VB.NETBoolean = object.ShowToday As Boolean
C++VARIANT_BOOL Boolean = object->ShowToday;
VARIANT_BOOL Boolean = object->GetShowToday();
CHRESULT object->get_ShowToday(VARIANT_BOOL* Boolean);
VBBoolean = object.ShowToday As Boolean

Put

C#bool object.ShowToday = Boolean;
VB.NETobject.ShowToday = Boolean As Boolean
C++VARIANT_BOOL object->ShowToday = Boolean;
void object->PutShowToday(VARIANT_BOOL Boolean);
CHRESULT object->put_ShowToday(VARIANT_BOOL Boolean);
VBobject.ShowToday = Boolean As Boolean

object

A SftMaskCalendar object.

Boolean

Defines whether the calendar shows the current date.

BooleanDescription
TrueToday's date is displayed.
FalseToday's date is not displayed.

Comments

The ShowToday property defines whether the calendar shows the current date.

To circle today's date in the calendar display, the Calendar.CircleToday property is used.

Examples

VB.NET View entire sample code

    AxSftMask1.MessageTitle = "Sample"
    AxSftMask1.MessageEmpty = "Please enter a date"
    AxSftMask1.MessageInvalid = "Please enter a valid date"
    AxSftMask1.AutoSize = True
    AxSftMask1.Calendar.CircleToday = True
    AxSftMask1.Calendar.WeekNumbers = True
    AxSftMask1.Calendar.FirstDate = #1/1/2000#
    AxSftMask1.Calendar.LastDate = #12/31/2020#
    AxSftMask1.Calendar.ShowToday = True
    AxSftMask1.Caption.Text = "&Ship Date"
    AxSftMask1.Caption.Alignment = SftMaskAlignConstants.alignSftMaskCenter
    AxSftMask1.Caption.Position = SftMaskPositionConstants.positionSftMaskTop
    AxSftMask1.Caption.BackColor = Convert.ToUInt32(ColorTranslator.ToOle(SystemColors.Highlight) And &HFFFFFFFF&)
    AxSftMask1.Caption.ForeColor = Convert.ToUInt32(ColorTranslator.ToOle(SystemColors.HighlightText) And &HFFFFFFFF&)
    AxSftMask1.Contents.DateTime = #1/1/2007#
End Sub

VB6 View entire sample code

    SftMask1.MessageTitle = "Sample"
    SftMask1.MessageEmpty = "Please enter a date"
    SftMask1.MessageInvalid = "Please enter a valid date"
    SftMask1.AutoSize = True
    SftMask1.Calendar.CircleToday = True
    SftMask1.Calendar.WeekNumbers = True
    SftMask1.Calendar.FirstDate = #1/1/2000#
    SftMask1.Calendar.LastDate = #12/31/2020#
    SftMask1.Calendar.ShowToday = True
    SftMask1.Caption.Text = "&Ship Date"
    SftMask1.Caption.Alignment = alignSftMaskCenter
    SftMask1.Caption.Position = positionSftMaskTop
    SftMask1.Caption.BackColor = vbHighlight
    SftMask1.Caption.ForeColor = vbHighlightText
    SftMask1.Contents.DateTime = #1/1/2007#
End Sub

C# View entire sample code

    axSftMask1.MessageTitle = "Sample";
    axSftMask1.MessageEmpty = "Please enter a date";
    axSftMask1.MessageInvalid = "Please enter a valid date";
    axSftMask1.AutoSize = true;
    axSftMask1.Calendar.CircleToday = true;
    axSftMask1.Calendar.WeekNumbers = true;
    axSftMask1.Calendar.FirstDate = new DateTime(2000, 1, 1);
    axSftMask1.Calendar.LastDate = new DateTime(2020, 12, 31);
    axSftMask1.Calendar.ShowToday = true;
    axSftMask1.Caption.Text = "&Ship Date";
    axSftMask1.Caption.Alignment = SftMaskAlignConstants.alignSftMaskCenter;
    axSftMask1.Caption.Position = SftMaskPositionConstants.positionSftMaskTop;
    axSftMask1.Caption.BackColor = (uint) ColorTranslator.ToOle(SystemColors.Highlight);
    axSftMask1.Caption.ForeColor = (uint) ColorTranslator.ToOle(SystemColors.HighlightText);
    axSftMask1.Contents.DateTime = new DateTime(2007, 1, 1);
}

C++ View entire sample code

    m_pMask1->AutoSize = VARIANT_TRUE;
    m_pMask1->Calendar->CircleToday = VARIANT_TRUE;
    m_pMask1->Calendar->WeekNumbers = VARIANT_TRUE;

    COleDateTime first(2000, 1, 1, 0,0,0);
    m_pMask1->Calendar->FirstDate = first;
    COleDateTime last(2020, 12, 31, 0,0,0);
    m_pMask1->Calendar->LastDate = last;
    m_pMask1->Calendar->ShowToday = VARIANT_TRUE;
    m_pMask1->Caption->Text = _T("&Ship Date");
    m_pMask1->Caption->Alignment = alignSftMaskCenter;
    m_pMask1->Caption->Position = positionSftMaskTop;
    m_pMask1->Caption->BackColor = COLOR_HIGHLIGHT | 0x80000000L;
    m_pMask1->Caption->ForeColor = COLOR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT | 0x80000000L;

    m_pMask1->Contents->DateTime = COleDateTime(2007, 1, 1, 0,0,0);

See Also SftMaskCalendar Object | Object Hierarchy


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