Date/Time Picker Control Attributes Window

Start of instruction set Accessible Using

Double-click on the date/time picker control; or
if selected: "Control > Attributes" or by selecting 'Attributes...' from the control's context menu or
if selected: ENTER.

Entries

Note:
For context-sensitive help on attribute entries, select the entry so it has the focus, and press F1.

Entry in Attributes Window	Represents
Name	Handle name of the date/time picker control (may be overwritten with another name).
Font	Output field where the font currently selected is displayed.
`...`	Dialog box for selecting fonts.
DIL text	DIL-TEXT attribute value.
`...`	Dialog box for determining sources of DIL-TEXT attribute values.
Context Menu	CONTEXT-MENU attribute value. Specifies the context menu (if any) associated with the control.
Format string	EDIT-MASK attribute value. Specifies custom format definition (if any). Note: The format string used by this control does not use the normal Natural edit mask format specifiers. For a complete list of format specifiers, please refer to the article Working with Date and Time Picker (DTP) Controls.
Background:
Selection box	BACKGROUND-COLOUR-NAME attribute value.
`...`	Invokes dialog box for editing BACKGROUND-COLOUR-VALUE attribute value.
Help ID	HELP-ID attribute value.
Format:
Short date	STYLE attribute value. System-defined short date format is used. Note: The control does not have a sunken appearance if Windows XP styles are active.
Century date	STYLE attribute value. System-defined long date format is used, extended with century information (if not already present). Note: Depending on the active regional settings, this format may be identical to the short date format.
Long date	STYLE attribute value. System-defined long date format is used.
Time	STYLE attribute value. Control displays (and stores) only times, not date information.
Style:
Up-down	STYLE attribute value. Control uses Up and Down buttons to scroll through the values, rather than a drop-down month calendar. Note: This option is implicitly set if the control's "time" style is set.
Calendar on right	STYLE attribute value. Drop down calendar is right-aligned with the control, rather than left-aligned.
Allow "no value"	STYLE attribute value. Control displays a check box indicating the presence or absence of a value.
Calendar styles:	These styles relate to the drop-down month calendar (if any).
Week numbers	STYLE attribute value. Week numbers are displayed.
No today	STYLE attribute value. Today's date (click-sensitive) is not displayed at the bottom of the calendar.
No today circle	STYLE attribute value. Today's date is not highlighted (e.g., circled).
State:
Visible	VISIBLE attribute value. Control will be shown.
Enabled	ENABLED attribute value. Control can accept user input.
Rectangle:	The following four attributes decide the date/time picker control's x and y axis position, its height and its width on the screen. X - RECTANGLE-X attribute value. Y - RECTANGLE-Y attribute value. W - RECTANGLE-W attribute value. H - RECTANGLE-H attribute value.
OK	Save settings and exit the window.
Cancel	Exit the window without saving the settings.
Help	Provides online help on the attributes window.