"What-a-Tool" <FrigginSpammersDieDieDie!@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Have a group of dynamically created text boxes in a calendar like grid. At
> the head of each column, the textbox is to contain the day of the week.
> Now I am using a Select Case statement to determine the day.
> (Yes, this is a homework assignment-it will do fine using the Select Case
> statement, but it seems that it would contain less code this alternative
> way)
>
> Col & Row are integers.
>
> If Row = 0
> Select Case Col
> Case 1 = "Monday"
> and so on...
>
> What would the syntax of the statements be to set the first day of the
week
> to Monday using the FirstDayofWeek statement, and then getting a return of
> the string day value from the Col number using the DayofWeek statement.
> Nothing I've tried seems to work, and I haven't been able to find any code
> samples anywhere to help me.
> Thanks in advance - Sean
>

"Peter van der Goes" <p_vandergoes@mars.cox.net> wrote in message
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>
> "What-a-Tool" <FrigginSpammersDieDieDie!@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:rN4bb.341$0Z5.68@lakeread03...
> > Have a group of dynamically created text boxes in a calendar like grid.
At
> > the head of each column, the textbox is to contain the day of the week.
> > Now I am using a Select Case statement to determine the day.
> > (Yes, this is a homework assignment-it will do fine using the Select
Case
> > statement, but it seems that it would contain less code this alternative
> > way)
> >
> > Col & Row are integers.
> >
> > If Row = 0
> > Select Case Col
> > Case 1 = "Monday"
> > and so on...
> >
> > What would the syntax of the statements be to set the first day of the
> week
> > to Monday using the FirstDayofWeek statement, and then getting a return
of
> > the string day value from the Col number using the DayofWeek statement.
> > Nothing I've tried seems to work, and I haven't been able to find any
code
> > samples anywhere to help me.
> > Thanks in advance - Sean
> >
> FirstDayOfWeek is a property of the MonthCalendar control, not something
you
> can use with your grid of textboxes. There is also the FirstDayOfWeek
> enumeration that specifies the valid values for the DayOfWeek arguments,
as
> well as the possible return values from VB intrinsic date functions. This
> enum (per the help) is designed to be used with the calendar controls to
> declare the first day of the week for display purposes.
> Unless you write a class definition to define your "custom calendar" and
> include a property for the first day of the week and set/get methods to
deal
> with it, FirstDayOfWeek won't be available unless you use an instance of
the
> MonthCalendar in your project. Then, it is available only to be used with
> the MonthCalendar control.
> To make it available in your project outside an existing class, you'd have
> to define it.
> --
> Peter - [MVP - Academic]
>
>
>

"What-a-Tool" <FrigginSpammersDieDieDie!@cox.net> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the reply, but I did find how to do what I needed (or was told
> how to, anyway!)
>
> If Row = 0 Then
> txtNew.Text = WeekdayName(Col + 1, False, FirstDayOfWeek.Monday)
> End If
>
> This method was suggested by a very helpful person on
> Microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb and is the method that I ended up
> using - Worked like a charm!
>
> Thanks - Sean
>