Customizing Date Listboxes with Calendar Function

Information

• Using the calendar control function you can customize date listboxes for date data fields.
• General information on date listboxes with calendar function and its use, please click here.

Procedure

• Open the required data area in the Data Areas module.
• For the required date field
  • DF behavior = select cc.
  • The Do you want to copy in the template for the cc data field? message is displayed.
    • Yes:
      • Three types of templates are offered for selection.
      • Select the required template.
      • The selected template is automatically copied to the Data field configuration field.
      • Parameters can be adapted in the Data field configuration field afterwards, if necessary.
    • No:
      • Open the tree structure of the data field and define the following parameters in the Data field configuration field.

Parameter	Description	Permissible Values	Non Permissible Values
def_start_date	default start date	absolute values (e.g. "8/14/2009") system variables with/without operations (e.g. "@123" or "@123+10")	dynamic variables Python IDs
start_date	start date	absolute values (e.g. 8/14/2009) system variables with/without operations dynamic variables with/without operations (e.g. @D123+15) Python ID of the start date data field
def_start_date	default start date	absolute values (e.g. "8/14/2009") system variables with/without operations (e.g. "@123" or "@123+10")	dynamic variables Python IDs
end_date	end date	absolute values (e.g.: "8/14/2009") system variables with/without operations dynamic variables with/without operations (e.g. @D123+15) Python ID of the end date data field
def_calendar	default calendar ID	values from the DI000305 Calender from the DT418 Calender (e.g. "BK") system variablen (z.B. "@123")	dynamic variables Python IDs
calendar	calendar ID	values (value from DI000305 calendar from the DT418 calendar) system variables dynamic variables (e.g. @D123) Python ID of the data field that defines the calendar
def_selection_mode	default selection mode	values ("working", "non_working", "all") system variables	dynamic variables or Python IDs
selection_mode	selection mode	Python ID of the data field that defines the selection mode dynamic variables (e.g. @D123) system variables values ("working", "non_working", "all")
xaml	XML document with a root element containing XAML settings for calendar control.

Details

• Each parameter is entered in a new line.
• Structure schema: param_name=value
• For default parameters, the entered value applies to the entire column.
• For non-default parameters, the entered value only applies for the corresponding record.
  • If both non-default and default parameters are entered, the non-default parameters overwrite the default parameters.
• All customizing settings are saved in a string: "attr1=value1;attr2=value2;..."
• If you use variables for the values and add or subtract certain day figures, you have to make sure that before and after operations no white spaces are entered.
  • E.g. the entry "@D123 + 10" is interpreted as "@D123" since the entry is followed by a whitespace in the first case.
• DI/DF Python IDs cannot be combined with other values.
  • E.g. "end_date=requested_end+10" is not supported while "end_date=requested_end" is supported.

Example

def_start_date = 01.01.1970
def_end_date = 31.12.2099
calendar= @G150

xaml = <StackPanel 
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
    <toolkit:Calendar xmlns:toolkit="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Windows.Controls;assembly=WPFToolkit" 
    Name="Calendar" 
    Margin ="0,-3,0,-2">
    </toolkit:Calendar>
  </StackPanel>

Details

• For the complete Calendar Control documentation, see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.controls.calendar(VS.100).aspx

Set Input Only via Listbox

Information

• As in the case of regular listboxes, when embedding date listboxes in a module, the customizer can use the Input only via listbox parameter to define for date listboxes that only data from the listbox can be taken.