July 2015
Intermediate to advanced
1300 pages
87h 27m
English
The DatePicker control shows a pop-up calendar where you can pick a date; the date is then bound to a text box placed near the control. The DatePicker is used in data-binding techniques (see Chapter 32). The following XAML code shows how you can implement a DatePicker; the selection, which is mapped by the SelectedDate property of type Date, is then bound to a second, external text box to demonstrate how the value can be consumed by other user controls:
<StackPanel Orientation="Horizontal"> <DatePicker Name="DatePicker1" Margin="5" SelectedDateChanged="DatePicker1_SelectedDateChanged" /> <TextBox Name="TextBox2" Margin="5" Text="{Binding ElementName=DatePicker1, ...