Cyber Brutus - Silverlight DatePicker with Date Only

Silverlight DatePicker with Date Only

Published on June 30, 2010 by Cyber Brutus in Technical

using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Controls.Primitives;

namespace Ravi.UI.Silverlight
{
///

/// Custom date picker control to override standard
/// date picker behavior
///

public class DatePicker : System.Windows.Controls.DatePicker
{
///

/// set the text to null if it is invalid
///

/// protected override void OnDateValidationError(DatePickerDateValidationErrorEventArgs e)
{
this.Text = this.SelectedDate == null ? null : this.SelectedDate.ToString();
base.OnDateValidationError(e);
}

///

/// Setting the DataPicker TextBox to 10 Characters only.
///

public override void OnApplyTemplate()
{
base.OnApplyTemplate();
DatePickerTextBox datePickerTextBox = base.GetTemplateChild(“TextBox”) as DatePickerTextBox;
if (datePickerTextBox != null)
datePickerTextBox.MaxLength = 10;

}
}
}