Re: Nullable CDateTimeCtrl?

From:
"Sheng Jiang[MVP]" <sheng_jiang@hotmail.com.discuss>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:07:04 -0600
Message-ID:
<eCERiP2jIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>
The op wants to
1 pick the date that they visit,
2 allow null which he thinks the CDateTimeCtrl does not support
I just point out CDateTimeCtrl does support null values.

I agree changing the formating will look nicer, but the feedback from data
entry people is that masked editbox makes input faster.

--
Sheng Jiang
Microsoft MVP in VC++
"Doug Harrison [MVP]" <dsh@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:20vku39l4nu2vd42uh4rn5pd59osoc4nnd@4ax.com...

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:47:38 -0600, "Sheng Jiang[MVP]"
<sheng_jiang@hotmail.com.discuss> wrote:

I am not suggesting changing the formating. I am suggesting the

DTS_SHOWNONE

style.

Use SetTime/GetTime to get/set the time.A null time has a

COleDateTime::null

status.


Last time I looked, DTS_SHOWNONE added a checkbox inside the control, and
when unchecked, simply grayed the text of the control. I never could get
the control to display nothing at all using DTS_SHOWNONE. The only way I
found was the SetFormat method I posted earlier.

--
Doug Harrison
Visual C++ MVP

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