ASP.NET Calendar Control

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Definition and Usage

The Calendar control is used to display a calendar in a browser.

This control can display a calendar for a month, allowing users to select a date and also jump to the previous or next month.

Properties

Properties Description .NET
Caption The title of the calendar. 2.0
CaptionAlign The alignment of the calendar title text. 2.0
CellPadding 单元格边框与内容之间的空白，以像素计。 1.0
CellSpacing The space between the cell border and the content, in pixels. 1.0
CellSpacing The space between cells, in pixels. 1.0
DayHeaderStyle The style of the name of a specific day in the week. 1.0
DayNameFormat The format of the names of the days in the week. 1.0
DayStyle The style of the displayed date. 1.0
FirstDayOfWeek Which day is the first day of the week. 1.0
The text displayed for the link to the next month. NextPrevFormat 1.0
The format of the links to the next and previous month. NextPrevStyle 1.0
The style of the links to the next and previous month. OtherMonthDayStyle 1.0
The style of the dates that are not in the current month. PrevMonthText 1.0
The text displayed for the link to the previous month. runat 1.0
Specifies that the control is a server control. Must be set to "server". SelectedDates 1.0
SelectedDate SelectedDates 1.0
The selected date. SelectedDayStyle 1.0
The style of the selected dates. SelectionMode 1.0
How the user is allowed to select dates. The text displayed for the selection link to the month. 1.0
SelectorStyle The style of the selection links for month and week. 1.0
SelectWeekText The text displayed for the selection link to the week. 1.0
ShowDayHeader Boolean value, indicating whether to display headers for each day of the week. 1.0
ShowGridLines Boolean value, specifying whether to display grid lines between dates. 1.0
ShowNextPrevMonth Boolean value, specifying whether to display the links to the next and previous month. 1.0
ShowTitle Boolean value, specifying whether to display the date title. 1.0
TitleFormat The format of the date title. 1.0
TitleStyle The style of the date title. 1.0
TodayDayStyle The style of the current day's date. 1.0
TodaysDate Get or set the value of today's date. 1.0
UseAccessibleHeader Whether to use <th> instead of <td> elements for the day header. 2.0
VisibleDate Get or set the date of the specified month to be displayed on the Calendar control. 1.0
WeekendDayStyle The style of weekends. 1.0
OnDayRender The name of the function executed when each day's cell is created.
OnSelectionChanged The name of the function executed when the user selects day, week, or month.
OnVisibleMonthChanged The name of the function executed when the user navigates to a different month.

Web Control Standard Properties

AccessKey, Attributes, BackColor, BorderColor, BorderStyle, BorderWidth 
CssClass, Enabled, Font, EnableTheming, ForeColor, Height, IsEnabled 
SkinID, Style, TabIndex, ToolTip, Width

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Control Standard Properties

AppRelativeTemplateSourceDirectory, BindingContainer, ClientID, Controls 
EnableTheming, EnableViewState, ID, NamingContainer, Page, Parent, Site 
TemplateControl, TemplateSourceDirectory, UniqueID, Visible

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Example

Calendar
In this example, we declare the simplest Calendar control in the .aspx file.
Calendar 2
In this example, we declare a Calendar control in the .aspx file. Dates are displayed with their full names in blue, weekends are displayed with yellow background and red text, and the current date is displayed with a green background.
Calendar 3
In this example, we declare a Calendar control in the .aspx file. Dates are displayed with their full names, and users can select a day, a week, or the entire month. The selected day/week/month is displayed with a gray background color.

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