// Purpose: interface of wxDatePickerCtrl
// Author: wxWidgets team
// RCS-ID: $Id$
-// Licence: wxWindows license
+// Licence: wxWindows licence
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+/// wxDatePickerCtrl styles
+enum
+{
+ /// default style on this platform, either wxDP_SPIN or wxDP_DROPDOWN
+ wxDP_DEFAULT = 0,
+
+ /// a spin control-like date picker (not supported in generic version)
+ wxDP_SPIN = 1,
+
+ /// a combobox-like date picker (not supported in mac version)
+ wxDP_DROPDOWN = 2,
+
+ /// always show century in the default date display (otherwise it depends on
+ /// the system date format which may include the century or not)
+ wxDP_SHOWCENTURY = 4,
+
+ /// allow not having any valid date in the control (by default it always has
+ /// some date, today initially if no valid date specified in ctor)
+ wxDP_ALLOWNONE = 8
+};
+
+
/**
@class wxDatePickerCtrl
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
- @beginEventTable{wxDateEvent}
+ 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
control.
@library{wxadv}
@category{pickers}
- <!-- @appearance{datepickerctrl.png} -->
+ @appearance{datepickerctrl}
@see wxCalendarCtrl, wxDateEvent
*/
class wxDatePickerCtrl : public wxControl
{
public:
+ /**
+ Default constructor.
+ */
+ wxDatePickerCtrl();
+
/**
Initializes the object and calls Create() with all the parameters.
*/
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
@return @false if no range limits are currently set, @true if at least
one bound is set.
*/
- virtual bool GetRange(wxDateTime* dt1, wxDateTime* dt2) const = 0;
+ virtual bool GetRange(wxDateTime* dt1, wxDateTime* dt2) const;
/**
- Returns the currently selected. If there is no selection or the
- selection is outside of the current range, an invalid object is
- returned.
- */
- virtual wxDateTime GetValue() const = 0;
+ Returns the currently entered date.
- /**
- Sets the display format for the date in the control. See wxDateTime for
- the meaning of format strings.
-
- @note This function is only available in the generic version of this
- control. The native version always uses the current system locale.
-
- @remarks If the format parameter is invalid, the behaviour is undefined.
+ For a control with @c wxDP_ALLOWNONE style the returned value may be
+ invalid if no date is entered, otherwise it is always valid.
*/
- void SetFormat(const wxChar* format);
+ virtual wxDateTime GetValue() const;
/**
Sets the valid range for the date selection. If @a dt1 is valid, it
@remarks If the current value of the control is outside of the newly
set range bounds, the behaviour is undefined.
*/
- virtual void SetRange(const wxDateTime& dt1, const wxDateTime& dt2) = 0;
+ virtual void SetRange(const wxDateTime& dt1, const wxDateTime& dt2);
/**
- Changes the current value of the control. The date should be valid and
- included in the currently selected range, if any.
+ Changes the current value of the control.
+
+ The date should be valid unless the control was created with @c
+ wxDP_ALLOWNONE style and included in the currently selected range, if
+ any.
Calling this method does not result in a date change event.
*/
- virtual void SetValue(const wxDateTime& dt) = 0;
+ virtual void SetValue(const wxDateTime& dt);
};
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