StartDate (Property)

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StartDate (Property)

In french: DateDébut

The StartDate property is used to determine and change the start date of the selected time period:

in a Calendar control.
in an Organizer control.
in a Scheduler control.

In a Scheduler control, you can only get the start date of the time period.

Example

// Retrieve the selected period (Calendar control)
NbDays is int
NbDays = DateDifference(CAL_Calendar1.StartDate, CAL_Calendar1.EndDate) + 1
Info("Selected time period: from " + ...
DateToString(CAL_Calendar1.StartDate) + ...
" to " + DateToString(CAL_Calendar1.EndDate) + ...
" which means " + NbDays + " days")

Syntax

Determining the start date of the time period Hide the details

<Start date> = <Control used>.StartDate

<Start date>: Character string or Date variable

Start date of the time period selected in the control.
In a Calendar control, this date is in "YYYYMMDD" format.
In an Organizer or Scheduler control, this date is in "YYYYMMDDHHmmSSCCC" format.
Date of the selected day if a day is selected,
Empty string ("") if no day is selected.

<Control used>: Control name

Name of the control used:
Calendar control.
Organizer control.
Scheduler control.

Changing the start date of the time period Hide the details

<Control used>.StartDate = <New date>

<Control used>: Control name

Name of the control used:
Calendar control,
Organizer control.
Scheduler control.

<New date>: Character string or Date variable

Start date of the time period to be selected in the control.
In a Calendar control, this date is in "YYYYMMDD" format.
In an Organizer or Scheduler control, this date is in "YYYYMMDDHHmmSSCCC" format.

Remarks

Range selection

To select a time period :

in a Calendar control, " Range selection" must be selected in the "Details" tab.
in an Organizer control, the option "Allow time range selection" must be selected in the "Details" tab.
in a Scheduler control, the option "Allow time range selection" must be selected in the "Details" tab.

Changing a time period in a Calendar, Organizer or Scheduler control

To change the start date of a selected time period, specify the start date (StartDate property) and the end date (EndDate property). When the start date is changed:

the end date is automatically deselected.
the end date has to be selected (programmatically or by clicking a control date).

To change the end date of a selected time period, simply use the EndDate property: the time period changes automatically.

Special cases

The end date of a time period can be identified and changed with the EndDate property.
The StartDate property returns the start date of the time period in chronological order. Therefore, if the end date was selected before the start date, the StartDate property returns the last selected date.
In a Scheduler control, the StartDate property can only be used to get the start date of the time period. The date cannot be changed.