is a relatively big control, wxDatePickerCtrl is implemented as a small
window showing the currently selected date. The control can be edited using
the keyboard, and can also display a popup window for more user-friendly
- date selection, depending on the styles used and the platform, except
- PalmOS where date is selected using native dialog.
+ date selection, depending on the styles used and the platform.
It is only available if @c wxUSE_DATEPICKCTRL is set to 1.
style is not supported by the generic version.
@style{wxDP_DROPDOWN}
Creates a control with a month calendar drop-down part from which
- the user can select a date.
+ the user can select a date. This style is not supported in OSX/Cocoa
+ native version.
@style{wxDP_DEFAULT}
Creates a control with the style that is best supported for the
- current platform (currently wxDP_SPIN under Windows and
- wxDP_DROPDOWN elsewhere).
+ current platform (currently wxDP_SPIN under Windows and OSX/Cocoa
+ and wxDP_DROPDOWN elsewhere).
@style{wxDP_ALLOWNONE}
With this style, the control allows the user to not enter any valid
date at all. Without it - the default - the control always has some
- valid date.
+ valid date. This style is not supported in OSX/Cocoa native version.
@style{wxDP_SHOWCENTURY}
Forces display of the century in the default date format. Without
this style the century could be displayed, or not, depending on the
- default date representation in the system.
+ default date representation in the system. This style is not
+ supported in OSX/Cocoa native version currently.
@endStyleTable
+ As can be seen from the remarks above, most of the control style are only
+ supported in the native MSW implementation. In portable code it's
+ recommended to use @c wxDP_DEFAULT style only, possibly combined with @c
+ wxDP_SHOWCENTURY (this is also the style used by default if none is
+ specified).
+
@beginEventEmissionTable{wxDateEvent}
@event{EVT_DATE_CHANGED(id, func)}
This event fires when the user changes the current selection in the
const wxString& name = "datectrl");
/**
+ Create the control window.
+
+ This method should only be used for objects created using default
+ constructor.
+
@param parent
Parent window, must not be non-@NULL.
@param id
best size by using the height approximately equal to a text control
and width large enough to show the date string fully.
@param style
- The window style, should be left at 0 as there are no special
- styles for this control in this version.
+ The window style, see the description of the styles in the class
+ documentation.
@param validator
Validator which can be used for additional date checks.
@param name
range is set (or only one of the bounds is set), @a dt1 and/or @a dt2
are set to be invalid.
+ Notice that when using a native MSW implementation of this control the
+ lower range is always set, even if SetRange() hadn't been called
+ explicitly, as the native control only supports dates later than year
+ 1601.
+
@param dt1
Pointer to the object which receives the lower range limit or
becomes invalid if it is not set. May be @NULL if the caller is not
virtual bool GetRange(wxDateTime* dt1, wxDateTime* dt2) const = 0;
/**
- Returns the currently selected. If there is no selection or the
- selection is outside of the current range, an invalid object is
- returned.
+ Returns the currently entered date.
+
+ For a control with @c wxDP_ALLOWNONE style the returned value may be
+ invalid if no date is entered, otherwise it is always valid.
*/
virtual wxDateTime GetValue() const = 0;