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[wxWidgets.git] / interface / wx / datectrl.h
1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2 // Name: datectrl.h
3 // Purpose: interface of wxDatePickerCtrl
4 // Author: wxWidgets team
5 // RCS-ID: $Id$
6 // Licence: wxWindows licence
7 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9 /// wxDatePickerCtrl styles
10 enum
11 {
12 /// default style on this platform, either wxDP_SPIN or wxDP_DROPDOWN
13 wxDP_DEFAULT = 0,
14
15 /// a spin control-like date picker (not supported in generic version)
16 wxDP_SPIN = 1,
17
18 /// a combobox-like date picker (not supported in mac version)
19 wxDP_DROPDOWN = 2,
20
21 /// always show century in the default date display (otherwise it depends on
22 /// the system date format which may include the century or not)
23 wxDP_SHOWCENTURY = 4,
24
25 /// allow not having any valid date in the control (by default it always has
26 /// some date, today initially if no valid date specified in ctor)
27 wxDP_ALLOWNONE = 8
28 };
29
30
31 /**
32 @class wxDatePickerCtrl
33
34 This control allows the user to select a date. Unlike wxCalendarCtrl, which
35 is a relatively big control, wxDatePickerCtrl is implemented as a small
36 window showing the currently selected date. The control can be edited using
37 the keyboard, and can also display a popup window for more user-friendly
38 date selection, depending on the styles used and the platform.
39
40 It is only available if @c wxUSE_DATEPICKCTRL is set to 1.
41
42 @beginStyleTable
43 @style{wxDP_SPIN}
44 Creates a control without a month calendar drop down but with
45 spin-control-like arrows to change individual date components. This
46 style is not supported by the generic version.
47 @style{wxDP_DROPDOWN}
48 Creates a control with a month calendar drop-down part from which
49 the user can select a date. This style is not supported in OSX/Cocoa
50 native version.
51 @style{wxDP_DEFAULT}
52 Creates a control with the style that is best supported for the
53 current platform (currently wxDP_SPIN under Windows and OSX/Cocoa
54 and wxDP_DROPDOWN elsewhere).
55 @style{wxDP_ALLOWNONE}
56 With this style, the control allows the user to not enter any valid
57 date at all. Without it - the default - the control always has some
58 valid date. This style is not supported in OSX/Cocoa native version.
59 @style{wxDP_SHOWCENTURY}
60 Forces display of the century in the default date format. Without
61 this style the century could be displayed, or not, depending on the
62 default date representation in the system. This style is not
63 supported in OSX/Cocoa native version currently.
64 @endStyleTable
65
66 As can be seen from the remarks above, most of the control style are only
67 supported in the native MSW implementation. In portable code it's
68 recommended to use @c wxDP_DEFAULT style only, possibly combined with @c
69 wxDP_SHOWCENTURY (this is also the style used by default if none is
70 specified).
71
72 @beginEventEmissionTable{wxDateEvent}
73 @event{EVT_DATE_CHANGED(id, func)}
74 This event fires when the user changes the current selection in the
75 control.
76 @endEventTable
77
78 @library{wxadv}
79 @category{pickers}
80 @appearance{datepickerctrl}
81
82 @see wxCalendarCtrl, wxDateEvent
83 */
84 class wxDatePickerCtrl : public wxControl
85 {
86 public:
87 /**
88 Default constructor.
89 */
90 wxDatePickerCtrl();
91
92 /**
93 Initializes the object and calls Create() with all the parameters.
94 */
95 wxDatePickerCtrl(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id,
96 const wxDateTime& dt = wxDefaultDateTime,
97 const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
98 const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
99 long style = wxDP_DEFAULT | wxDP_SHOWCENTURY,
100 const wxValidator& validator = wxDefaultValidator,
101 const wxString& name = "datectrl");
102
103 /**
104 Create the control window.
105
106 This method should only be used for objects created using default
107 constructor.
108
109 @param parent
110 Parent window, must not be non-@NULL.
111 @param id
112 The identifier for the control.
113 @param dt
114 The initial value of the control, if an invalid date (such as the
115 default value) is used, the control is set to today.
116 @param pos
117 Initial position.
118 @param size
119 Initial size. If left at default value, the control chooses its own
120 best size by using the height approximately equal to a text control
121 and width large enough to show the date string fully.
122 @param style
123 The window style, see the description of the styles in the class
124 documentation.
125 @param validator
126 Validator which can be used for additional date checks.
127 @param name
128 Control name.
129
130 @return @true if the control was successfully created or @false if
131 creation failed.
132 */
133 bool Create(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id,
134 const wxDateTime& dt = wxDefaultDateTime,
135 const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
136 const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
137 long style = wxDP_DEFAULT | wxDP_SHOWCENTURY,
138 const wxValidator& validator = wxDefaultValidator,
139 const wxString& name = "datectrl");
140
141 /**
142 If the control had been previously limited to a range of dates using
143 SetRange(), returns the lower and upper bounds of this range. If no
144 range is set (or only one of the bounds is set), @a dt1 and/or @a dt2
145 are set to be invalid.
146
147 Notice that when using a native MSW implementation of this control the
148 lower range is always set, even if SetRange() hadn't been called
149 explicitly, as the native control only supports dates later than year
150 1601.
151
152 @param dt1
153 Pointer to the object which receives the lower range limit or
154 becomes invalid if it is not set. May be @NULL if the caller is not
155 interested in lower limit.
156 @param dt2
157 Same as above but for the upper limit.
158
159 @return @false if no range limits are currently set, @true if at least
160 one bound is set.
161 */
162 virtual bool GetRange(wxDateTime* dt1, wxDateTime* dt2) const;
163
164 /**
165 Returns the currently entered date.
166
167 For a control with @c wxDP_ALLOWNONE style the returned value may be
168 invalid if no date is entered, otherwise it is always valid.
169 */
170 virtual wxDateTime GetValue() const;
171
172 /**
173 Sets the valid range for the date selection. If @a dt1 is valid, it
174 becomes the earliest date (inclusive) accepted by the control. If
175 @a dt2 is valid, it becomes the latest possible date.
176
177 @remarks If the current value of the control is outside of the newly
178 set range bounds, the behaviour is undefined.
179 */
180 virtual void SetRange(const wxDateTime& dt1, const wxDateTime& dt2);
181
182 /**
183 Changes the current value of the control.
184
185 The date should be valid unless the control was created with @c
186 wxDP_ALLOWNONE style and included in the currently selected range, if
187 any.
188
189 Calling this method does not result in a date change event.
190 */
191 virtual void SetValue(const wxDateTime& dt);
192 };
193