TcxCustomDateEdit Class
Serves as the base class for classes that implement date editors.
Declaration
TcxCustomDateEdit = class(
TcxCustomPopupEdit
)Remarks
This class introduces new properties and methods in additions to the capabilities of the TcxCustomPopupEdit in order to edit date data in a convenient way. To create an edit control to take advantage of the mask capabilities of TcxCustomDateEdit, use the TcxDateEdit or TcxDBDateEdit object.
In addition to entering dates via the dropdown calendar, a date editor allows a user to enter dates within an edit box in a number of ways depending on the Properties.InputKind property. The following table lists some of the possible formats recognized by a date editor in a system with default English (United States) regional settings.
InputKind value | Examples of dates |
|---|---|
ikStandard | 01/31 01/31/2002 9-Aug August/09/2002 Smart input strings: today; tomorrow; Sunday; now; bom today–7; now+3 |
ikMask | 01/31/2002 |
ikRegExpr | 01/31/2002 Aug/09/2002 Smart input strings: today; tomorrow; Sunday; now; bom today–7; now+3 |
If the year is omitted in the ikStandard mode, the current year is assumed. The syntax in the ikRegExpr mode supports the auto-completion function. Also validation is performed and this restricts the user input.
Smart input strings are described in the SmartTextToDate topic. See the Using SmartTextToDate Function section to know how to expand possible constants.
Do not create instances of TcxCustomDateEdit. Use TcxCustomDateEdit as the base class when creating custom date editors. Properties and methods of TcxCustomDateEdit provide basic behavior that descendant classes inherit as well as behavior that components can override to customize the functionality.