Disabling certain dates in MonthCalendarAdv

[John]

Hello,

Is there any property in MonthCalendarAdv or DateTimePickerAdv that I can use to disable a set of dates? The user should not be able to click on these dates when making selection.

Thanks,
John

[Administrator]

Hi John,

While there isn''t a property to disable dates, MonthCalendarAdv offers an event, DateCellQueryInfo, that allows you to customize individual cells in the calendar. For example, the following code snippet demonstrates disabling all days before DateTime.Today in the imbedded MonthCalendarAdv of a DateTimePicker:

private void dateTimePickerAdv1_Calendar_DateCellQueryInfo(object sender, Syncfusion.Windows.Forms.Tools.DateCellQueryInfoEventArgs e)
{
if ((DateTime)(e.DateValue) < DateTime.Today)
{
e.Style.Font.Strikeout = true;
e.Style.TextColor = Color.Gray;
e.Style.Enabled = false;
}
}

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Gregory Austin
Syncfusion Inc.

[John]

Greg,

Thanks for the prompt reply. The dates are disabled, but if user clicks on any disabled date, then the calendar automatically treats as if the click is performed for the currently selected date. The date in the DatePickerAdv is refreshed to the currently selected date, so no change there, but the MonthCalendarAdv popup disappear. Is this an expected behavior?

Thanks again,
John

[Administrator]

Hi John, Yes, that is the expected behavior of the PopupControlContainer. However, if you want to change that functionality you could use the CustomPopupWindow property to create your own popup with custom behavior. Regards, Gregory Austin Syncfusion Inc.