How to: Select a Range of Dates in the Windows Forms MonthCalendar Control

An important feature of the Windows Forms MonthCalendar control is that the user can select a range of dates. This feature is an improvement over the date-selection feature of the DateTimePicker control, which only enables the user to select a single date/time value. You can set a range of dates or get a selection range set by the user by using properties of the MonthCalendar control. The following code example demonstrates how to set a selection range.

To select a range of dates

1. Create DateTime objects that represent the first and last dates in a range.

   Dim projectStart As Date = New DateTime(2001, 2, 13)
   Dim projectEnd As Date = New DateTime(2001, 2, 28)
   

   DateTime projectStart = new DateTime(2001, 2, 13);
   DateTime projectEnd = new DateTime(2001, 2, 28);
   

   DateTime projectStart = DateTime(2001, 2, 13);
   DateTime projectEnd = DateTime(2001, 2, 28);
   

2. Set the SelectionRange property.

   MonthCalendar1.SelectionRange = New SelectionRange(projectStart, projectEnd)
   

   monthCalendar1.SelectionRange = new SelectionRange(projectStart, projectEnd);
   

   monthCalendar1->SelectionRange = gcnew
      SelectionRange(projectStart, projectEnd);
   

   –or–

   Set the SelectionStart and SelectionEnd properties.

   MonthCalendar1.SelectionStart = projectStart
   MonthCalendar1.SelectionEnd = projectEnd
   

   monthCalendar1.SelectionStart = projectStart;
   monthCalendar1.SelectionEnd = projectEnd;
   

   monthCalendar1->SelectionStart = projectStart;
   monthCalendar1->SelectionEnd = projectEnd;
   

See Also

Tasks

How to: Change the Windows Forms MonthCalendar Control's Appearance

How to: Display Specific Days in Bold with the Windows Forms MonthCalendar Control

How to: Display More than One Month in the Windows Forms MonthCalendar Control

Other Resources

MonthCalendar Control (Windows Forms)