Visual Basic 2005 for Programmers: Deitel Developer Series, Second Edition

14.4. DateTimePicker Control

The DateTimePicker control (see output of Fig 14.11) is similar to the MonthCalendar control, but displays the calendar when the user clicks the down arrow. The DateTimePicker can be used to retrieve date and time information from the user. The DateTimePicker is also more customizable than a MonthCalendar control—more properties are provided to edit the look-and-feel of the drop-down calendar. Property Format specifies the user’s selection options using the DateTimePickerFormat enumeration. The values in this enumeration are Long (displays the date in long format, as in Friday, July 1, 2005), Short (displays the date in short format, as in 7/1/2005), Time (displays a time value, as in 11:48:02 PM) and Custom (indicates ...