Want to enter date manually using textbox in Data Entry Form

Hi Nirajkumar,

Sorry I took so long to find your question. Here information that you may find useful.

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C# Winforms Code

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace Sandbox2
{
public partial class MyMainForm : Form
{
public MyMainForm()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void MyMainForm_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Initialize ui control state
mcCalendar.MaxSelectionCount = 1;
optFormatSlash.Checked = true;
SetUserPreference();
txtDate.Text = GetShortDateString();
}
private void SetUserPreference()
{
// Method: SetUserPreference
// Return: None
// Changes the mask based on the option choosen
string mask = string.Empty;
if(optFormatDash.Checked.Equals(true))
{
mask = "00-00-0000";
}
if(optFormatSlash.Checked.Equals(true))
{
mask = "00/00/0000";
}
txtDate.Mask = mask;
txtDate.ValidatingType = typeof(System.DateTime);
}
private string GetShortDateString()
{
// Method: GetShortDateString
// Return: string
// Returns date string format compatible with the mask
string result = string.Empty;
if (optFormatDash.Checked.Equals(true))
{
result = mcCalendar.SelectionRange.Start.Date.ToString("MM-dd-yyyy");
}
if (optFormatSlash.Checked.Equals(true))
{
result = mcCalendar.SelectionRange.Start.Date.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy");
}
return result;
}
private void optFormatSlash_MouseClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
SetUserPreference();
}
private void optFormatDash_MouseClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
{
SetUserPreference();
}
private void mcCalendar_DateChanged(object sender, DateRangeEventArgs e)
{
// when the date changes on the calendar put the date in the masked textbox
txtDate.Text = GetShortDateString();
}
private void txtDate_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// when maske text box has it mask full of user entered data
// update the calendar with the date
if(txtDate.MaskFull==true)
{
DateTime newDate = DateTime.Parse(txtDate.Text);
mcCalendar.SetDate(newDate);
}
}
private void txtDate_Enter(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Create a hack to compensate for poor design in the masked textbox control
// Calling SelectAll by itself gets overridden so you have put a
// hack so that it works correctly.
BeginInvoke((Action)delegate { SelectAll((MaskedTextBox)sender); });
}
private void SelectAll(MaskedTextBox maskedTextBox)
{
// a wrapper method / delegate implementation / hack
maskedTextBox.SelectAll();
}
}
}

Have a great day :)

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James Axsom8y ago
Hi Nirajkumar,

Sorry I took so long to find your question. Here information that you may find useful.
Application Runtime Images:

C# Winforms Code
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace Sandbox2
{
    public partial class MyMainForm : Form
    {
        public MyMainForm()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void MyMainForm_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Initialize ui control state
            mcCalendar.MaxSelectionCount = 1;
            optFormatSlash.Checked = true;
            SetUserPreference();
            txtDate.Text = GetShortDateString();
        }

        private void SetUserPreference()
        {
            // Method: SetUserPreference
            // Return: None
            // Changes the mask based on the option choosen

            string mask = string.Empty;

            if(optFormatDash.Checked.Equals(true))
            {
                mask = "00-00-0000";
            }

            if(optFormatSlash.Checked.Equals(true))
            {
                mask = "00/00/0000";
            }

            txtDate.Mask = mask;
            txtDate.ValidatingType = typeof(System.DateTime);
        }

        private string GetShortDateString()
        {
            // Method: GetShortDateString
            // Return: string
            // Returns date string format compatible with the mask

            string result = string.Empty;

            if (optFormatDash.Checked.Equals(true))
            {
                result = mcCalendar.SelectionRange.Start.Date.ToString("MM-dd-yyyy");
            }

            if (optFormatSlash.Checked.Equals(true))
            {
                result = mcCalendar.SelectionRange.Start.Date.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy");
            }

            return result;
        }

        private void optFormatSlash_MouseClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
        {
            SetUserPreference();
        }

        private void optFormatDash_MouseClick(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
        {
            SetUserPreference();
        }

        private void mcCalendar_DateChanged(object sender, DateRangeEventArgs e)
        {
            // when the date changes on the calendar put the date in the masked textbox
            txtDate.Text = GetShortDateString();
        }

        private void txtDate_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // when maske text box has it mask full of user entered data
            // update the calendar with the date
            if(txtDate.MaskFull==true)
            {
                DateTime newDate = DateTime.Parse(txtDate.Text);
                mcCalendar.SetDate(newDate);
            }
        }

        private void txtDate_Enter(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Create a hack to compensate for poor design in the masked textbox control
            // Calling SelectAll by itself gets overridden so you have put a
            // hack so that it works correctly.
            BeginInvoke((Action)delegate { SelectAll((MaskedTextBox)sender); });
        }

        private void SelectAll(MaskedTextBox maskedTextBox)
        {
            // a wrapper method / delegate implementation / hack
            maskedTextBox.SelectAll();
        }
    }
}
Have a great day :)
Amit Gupta8y ago
You can set the short date format of the datetimepicker to MM/dd/yyyy or any format you choose.

You can also use mask textbox for this purpose.

You can set the date of calender as
Datetimepicker.SelectedDate = Convert.ToDateTime(textbox1.Text);

And for vice versa
textbox1.Text = datetimepicker.SelectedDate.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy");

Good Luck