Calendar Class

Represents a light-weight calendar control.

Namespace: MindFusion.UI.Silverlight
Assembly: MindFusion.UI.Silverlight

 Syntax

C#

public class Calendar : ContentControl

Visual Basic

Public Class Calendar
    Inherits ContentControl

 Remarks

The Calendar control can display several views with different resolution, varying from Time to Century. The user can switch from one view to another by either clicking on the calendar title or by clicking on a cell in the current view. The user can navigate within the current view by clicking on the navigation buttons in the calendar header.

The appearance of the cells in the different views can be customized through several data templates - DefaultItemTemplate, TodayItemTemplate, PaddingItemTemplate, WeekendItemTemplate, HolidayItemTemplate, SelectionItemTemplate, FocusItemTemplate and HoverItemTemplate.

The general appearance of the calendar can be customized through Background, BorderBrush, BorderThickness, ContentBackground, ContentBorderBrush, ContentBorderThickness, HeaderBackground, HeaderBorderBrush, HeaderBorderThickness and Foreground.

The dates displayed in the various views are formatted through several strings - TimeViewFormat, MonthViewFormat, YearViewFormat, DecadeViewFormat and CenturyViewFormat.

 Example

The following code demonstrates the declaration of a Calendar control in XAML:

XAML

<ui:Calendar Date="1/1/2010" MaxDrillIn="Month" SelectionMode="Multiple" />

The code above will produce a calendar similar to the following:

 Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
    System.Windows.Threading.DispatcherObject
        System.Windows.DependencyObject
            System.Windows.Media.Visual
                System.Windows.UIElement
                    System.Windows.FrameworkElement
                        System.Windows.Controls.Control
                            System.Windows.Controls.ContentControl
                                MindFusion.UI.Silverlight.Calendar