BankHolidayAdd (Function)

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BankHolidayAdd (Function)

In french: JourFériéAjoute

Indicates that a day (or a list of days) is a public holiday. This public holiday can correspond, for example, to a fixed date in a year, a regular date every year or a constant.

Remark: These public holidays will be used:

by the Calendar control.
by the Organizer control.
by the Scheduler control.

To find out whether a day is a public holiday through programming, simply use BankHoliday.

Example

// Delete all public holidays
BankHolidayDeleteAll()
// Initialize the 11 public holidays common to the French regions and territories
BankHolidayAdd("0101") // 1st of January
BankHolidayAdd(bhEasterMonday) // Easter Monday
BankHolidayAdd("0501") // 1st of May
BankHolidayAdd("0508") // 8th of May
BankHolidayAdd(bhAscensionDay) // Ascension day
BankHolidayAdd(bhWhitMonday) // Whit Monday
BankHolidayAdd("0714") // 14th of July
BankHolidayAdd("0815") // 15th of August (Assumption)
BankHolidayAdd("1101") // All Saints' Day
BankHolidayAdd("1111") // 11th of November
BankHolidayAdd("1225") // Christmas

// Add 2 additional public holidays for the regions of Moselle and Alsace
BankHolidayAdd("1226" + CR + bhGoodFriday)

Syntax

BankHolidayAdd(<New public holidays>)

<New public holidays>: Character string or Character String constant

Can correspond to:
A 4-digit date (in MMDD format) to define a fixed public holiday (e.g., "1225" for Christmas).
An 8-digit date (in YYYYMMDD format) to define a public holiday for a specific year (e.g., "20080808" for August 8th, 2008).
A date in the following format: <Month>_<Week number>_<Week day number>. For example: 11_2_3 for the 2nd Wednesday of November.
One of the following constants:
bhAscensionDay Ascension day.
Remark: The corresponding date corresponds to Easter + 39 days.
bhEasterDay Easter Sunday.
Remark: The corresponding date can be returned by Easter.
bhEasterMonday Easter Monday.
Remark: The corresponding date corresponds to Easter + 1 day.
bhGoodFriday Good friday.
Remark: The corresponding date corresponds to Easter - 2 days.
bhWhitMonday Whit Monday.
Remark: The corresponding date corresponds to Easter + 50 days.
a combination of the above-mentioned possibilities. The days found in this list must be separated by a CR character (carriage return).

Remarks

This function is used to customize the application according to the country and/or to the local regulations.
This function has a global effect and must be used at the beginning of the application.
BankHolidayAdd can be used after the call to BankHoliday.

Related Examples:

Unit examples (WINDEV): The Calendar control

[ + ] Four methods for using the Calendar control:
- Using the Calendar control found in the WINDEV toolbar
- Using CalendarOpen and CalendarPicker as well as CalendarSelect (multi-selection)
- Using ..CalendarButton
- Using BankHolidayAdd

Business / UI classification: Neutral code

Component: wd300obj.dll