Richard Lionheart wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I'm following the tutorial at http://www.15seconds.com/issue/020319.htm to
> build a custom control consisting of three built-in ASP.NET controls: a
> textbox, button and calendar. The custom control builds correctly and
> displays itself correctly in a parent webform.
>
> However, the calendars SelectionChanged event is not caught by the
> appropriated routine in the code-behind file and I can't figure out what
> I've done wrong. Specifically, selecting a date in the calendar does not
> result in the display of the date in the textbox. The code for the custom
> control and its code-behind are presented below.
>
> Any help in getting the event to be caught would be much appreciated.
> --
> Regards,
> Richard
>
> ========= MyWebUserControl.aspx ============
> <%@ Control Language="c#" AutoEventWireup="true"
> Codebehind="MyWebUserControl.ascx.cs"
> Inherits="TestUserControl_Calendar_15Secs.MyWebUserControl"
> TargetSchema="http://schemas.microsoft.com/intellisense/ie5"%>
> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
> <tr>
> <td valign="top">
> <asp:TextBox id="txtDate" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
> </td>
> <td valign="top">
> <asp:Button id="btnSelect" runat="server" Text="Button"></asp:Button>
> </td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td valign="top" colspan="2">
> <asp:Calendar id="calDate" runat="server"></asp:Calendar>
> </td>
> </tr>
> </table>
>
> ======== MyWebUserControl.aspx.cs ============
> namespace TestUserControl_Calendar_15Secs
> {
> using System;
> using System.Data;
> using System.Drawing;
> using System.Web;
> using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
> using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
>
> /// <summary>
> /// Summary description for MyWebUserControl.
> /// </summary>
> public abstract class MyWebUserControl : System.Web.UI.UserControl
> {
> protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.TextBox txtDate;
> protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Calendar calDate;
> protected System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button btnSelect;
>
> private void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
> {
> }
>
> // Web Form Designer generated code
>
> // Catches the event when a date is selected and inserts that
> // date into the text box
> protected void calDate_SelectionChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)
> {
> System.DateTime dtDate = calDate.SelectedDate;
> txtDate.Text = dtDate.ToShortDateString();
> }
>
> // Catches when the select button is clicked and hides or displays
> // calendar control
> private void btnSelect_Click(Object sender, System.EventArgs e)
> {
> if (calDate.Visible == false)
> {
> calDate.Visible = true;
> }
> else
> {
> calDate.Visible = false;
> }
> }
> }
> }