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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);

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);

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

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);
}

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

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

Last Updated 11/15/2026 - (email)
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