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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 /**
10 @class wxDatePickerCtrl
11
12 This control allows the user to select a date. Unlike wxCalendarCtrl, which
13 is a relatively big control, wxDatePickerCtrl is implemented as a small
14 window showing the currently selected date. The control can be edited using
15 the keyboard, and can also display a popup window for more user-friendly
16 date selection, depending on the styles used and the platform, except
17 PalmOS where date is selected using native dialog.
18
19 It is only available if @c wxUSE_DATEPICKCTRL is set to 1.
20
21 @beginStyleTable
22 @style{wxDP_SPIN}
23 Creates a control without a month calendar drop down but with
24 spin-control-like arrows to change individual date components. This
25 style is not supported by the generic version.
26 @style{wxDP_DROPDOWN}
27 Creates a control with a month calendar drop-down part from which
28 the user can select a date.
29 @style{wxDP_DEFAULT}
30 Creates a control with the style that is best supported for the
31 current platform (currently wxDP_SPIN under Windows and
32 wxDP_DROPDOWN elsewhere).
33 @style{wxDP_ALLOWNONE}
34 With this style, the control allows the user to not enter any valid
35 date at all. Without it - the default - the control always has some
36 valid date.
37 @style{wxDP_SHOWCENTURY}
38 Forces display of the century in the default date format. Without
39 this style the century could be displayed, or not, depending on the
40 default date representation in the system.
41 @endStyleTable
42
43 @beginEventEmissionTable{wxDateEvent}
44 @event{EVT_DATE_CHANGED(id, func)}
45 This event fires when the user changes the current selection in the
46 control.
47 @endEventTable
48
49 @library{wxadv}
50 @category{pickers}
51 @appearance{datepickerctrl.png}
52
53 @see wxCalendarCtrl, wxDateEvent
54 */
55 class wxDatePickerCtrl : public wxControl
56 {
57 public:
58 /**
59 Initializes the object and calls Create() with all the parameters.
60 */
61 wxDatePickerCtrl(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id,
62 const wxDateTime& dt = wxDefaultDateTime,
63 const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
64 const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
65 long style = wxDP_DEFAULT | wxDP_SHOWCENTURY,
66 const wxValidator& validator = wxDefaultValidator,
67 const wxString& name = "datectrl");
68
69 /**
70 @param parent
71 Parent window, must not be non-@NULL.
72 @param id
73 The identifier for the control.
74 @param dt
75 The initial value of the control, if an invalid date (such as the
76 default value) is used, the control is set to today.
77 @param pos
78 Initial position.
79 @param size
80 Initial size. If left at default value, the control chooses its own
81 best size by using the height approximately equal to a text control
82 and width large enough to show the date string fully.
83 @param style
84 The window style, should be left at 0 as there are no special
85 styles for this control in this version.
86 @param validator
87 Validator which can be used for additional date checks.
88 @param name
89 Control name.
90
91 @return @true if the control was successfully created or @false if
92 creation failed.
93 */
94 bool Create(wxWindow* parent, wxWindowID id,
95 const wxDateTime& dt = wxDefaultDateTime,
96 const wxPoint& pos = wxDefaultPosition,
97 const wxSize& size = wxDefaultSize,
98 long style = wxDP_DEFAULT | wxDP_SHOWCENTURY,
99 const wxValidator& validator = wxDefaultValidator,
100 const wxString& name = "datectrl");
101
102 /**
103 If the control had been previously limited to a range of dates using
104 SetRange(), returns the lower and upper bounds of this range. If no
105 range is set (or only one of the bounds is set), @a dt1 and/or @a dt2
106 are set to be invalid.
107
108 @param dt1
109 Pointer to the object which receives the lower range limit or
110 becomes invalid if it is not set. May be @NULL if the caller is not
111 interested in lower limit.
112 @param dt2
113 Same as above but for the upper limit.
114
115 @return @false if no range limits are currently set, @true if at least
116 one bound is set.
117 */
118 virtual bool GetRange(wxDateTime* dt1, wxDateTime* dt2) const = 0;
119
120 /**
121 Returns the currently selected. If there is no selection or the
122 selection is outside of the current range, an invalid object is
123 returned.
124 */
125 virtual wxDateTime GetValue() const = 0;
126
127 /**
128 Sets the valid range for the date selection. If @a dt1 is valid, it
129 becomes the earliest date (inclusive) accepted by the control. If
130 @a dt2 is valid, it becomes the latest possible date.
131
132 @remarks If the current value of the control is outside of the newly
133 set range bounds, the behaviour is undefined.
134 */
135 virtual void SetRange(const wxDateTime& dt1, const wxDateTime& dt2) = 0;
136
137 /**
138 Changes the current value of the control.
139
140 The date should be valid unless the control was created with @c
141 wxDP_ALLOWNONE style and included in the currently selected range, if
142 any.
143
144 Calling this method does not result in a date change event.
145 */
146 virtual void SetValue(const wxDateTime& dt) = 0;
147 };
148