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

An important feature of the Windows Forms xref:System.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 xref:System.Windows.Forms.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 xref:System.Windows.Forms.MonthCalendar control. The following code example demonstrates how to set a selection range.

To select a range of dates

1. Create xref:System.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 xref:System.Windows.Forms.MonthCalendar.SelectionRange%2A property.

   MonthCalendar1.SelectionRange = New SelectionRange(projectStart, projectEnd)  
   

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

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

   –or–

   Set the xref:System.Windows.Forms.MonthCalendar.SelectionStart%2A and xref:System.Windows.Forms.MonthCalendar.SelectionEnd%2A properties.

   MonthCalendar1.SelectionStart = projectStart  
   MonthCalendar1.SelectionEnd = projectEnd  
   

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

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

See also

• MonthCalendar Control
• 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