Creating form in Visual Studio

[DRandall]

I am a beginner using VB, have used it before in creating forms in Excel, however, i am creating a form using VS 2019 using Visual Basic. I want to create a popup calendar using the MonthCalendar function within a from. User clicks button, Calendar "popsup", User selects date, date fills a Text Box. Please Help. Thanks....

 

[jmcilhinney]

Why not use a DateTimePicker control? Try it and see if it satisfies your needs.

 

[DRandall]

Why not use a DateTimePicker control? Try it and see if it satisfies your needs.

 

[DRandall]

Thanks jmcihinney, i saw that control, however i was hoping to keep the area that get's filled by the date clear until a date has been picked. I'll see if that function exists in DateTimePicker. Thanks Again.

 

[JohnH]

Use DateTimePicker.ShowCheckBox Property (System.Windows.Forms) and DateTimePicker.Checked Property (System.Windows.Forms) for that purpose.

 

[DRandall]

Thanks Again, i have both items checked as True, both the ShowCheckBox Property, and Checked Property as True. This shows the Date with a checkbox now. What i created in Excel 2013 years ago was a Calendar that would "pop up" once i dbl.clicked on an action button i added to the form. Once the Calendar appears, the user selects the date from the calendar, then the date auto fills the text box.

 

[jmcilhinney]

VB.NET is not Excel, so things will not be exactly the same. That said, if you want to show a MonthCalendar when the user clicks a Button then go ahead. Add the controls, handle the appropriate event(s) and then call Show and Hide on the MonthCalendar as required.

 

[DRandall]

Thanks Jmcihinney for your help and quick responses.