TextBox Display

[gladiator83x]

Hey All,

I am having a problem getting information to display automatically in the textboxes that I am using. I am specifically trying to having the current date shown. When I run my program, if one clicks inside the textbox, the date appears...however, I just wanted to ask if there was any way for the date to just appear in the textbox when I run my program, instead of having to click inside the textbox? Should I use something other than a textbox? Thanks.

Private Sub TextBox7_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TextBox7.TextChanged
TextBox7.Text = DateAndTime.Now
End Sub

 

[giadich]

TextBox7.Text = DateAndTime.Now

if you want this code to run when your program to run then one of the places you can put it in is the form load event.

 

[gladiator83x]

Thanks. I should have know that!...lol.

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

If you turn option strict on that code will throw an error because the now variable is of DateTime, and the Text property of the Textbox is of type string.

TextBox7.Text = Now.ToShortDate

The above is an example of the many formats (as string) you can display the date and/or time in a Textbox

 

[gladiator83x]

Thanks...I'll make that modification.