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# ASP.NET Calendar Control

Complete Web Control Reference

## Definition and Usage

The Calendar control is used to display a calendar in the browser.

This control displays a one-month calendar that allows the user to select dates and move to the next and previous months.

## Properties

Property | Description | .NET
--- | --- | ---
Caption | The caption of the calendar | 2.0
CaptionAlign | The alignment of the caption text | 2.0
CellPadding | The space, in pixels, between the cell walls and contents | 1.0
CellSpacing | The space, in pixels, between cells | 1.0
DayHeaderStyle | The style for displaying the names of the days | 1.0
DayNameFormat | The format for displaying the names of the days | 1.0
DayStyle | The style for displaying days | 1.0
FirstDayOfWeek | What should be the first day of week | 1.0
NextMonthText | The text displayed for the next month link | 1.0
NextPrevFormat | The format of the next and previous month links | 1.0
NextPrevStyle | The style for displaying next and previous month links | 1.0
OtherMonthDayStyle | The style for displaying days that are not in the current month | 1.0
PrevMonthText | The text displayed for the previous month link | 1.0
runat | Specifies that the control is a server control. Must be set to "server" | 1.0
SelectedDate | The selected date | 1.0
SelectedDates | The selected dates | 1.0
SelectedDayStyle | The style for selected days | 1.0
SelectionMode | How a user is allowed to select dates | 1.0
SelectMonthText | The text displayed for the month selection link | 1.0
SelectorStyle | The style for the month and weeks selection links | 1.0
SelectWeekText | The text displayed for the week selection link | 1.0
ShowDayHeader | A Boolean value that specifies whether the days of the week header should be shown | 1.0
ShowGridLines | A Boolean value that specifies whether the grid lines between days should be shown | 1.0
ShowNextPrevMonth | A Boolean value that specifies whether the next and previous month links should be shown | 1.0
ShowTitle | A Boolean value that specifies whether the title of the calendar should be shown | 1.0
TitleFormat | The format for the title of the calendar | 1.0
TitleStyle | The style of the title of the calendar | 1.0
TodayDayStyle | The style for today's date | 1.0
TodaysDate | Today's date | 1.0
UseAccessibleHeader | Specifying whether to use the <th> element for the day headers instead of the <td> element | 2.0
VisibleDate | The date that specifies the month that is currently visible in the calendar | 1.0
WeekendDayStyle | The style for weekends | 1.0
OnDayRender | The name of the function to be executed when when each day cell is created |
OnSelectionChanged | The name of the function to be executed when the user selects a day, week, or month |
OnVisibleMonthChanged | The name of the function to be executed when the user navigates to a different month |

## Web Control Standard Properties

AccessKey, Attributes, BackColor, BorderColor, BorderStyle, BorderWidth, CssClass, Enabled, Font, EnableTheming, ForeColor, Height, IsEnabled, SkinID, Style, TabIndex, ToolTip, Width

For a full description, go to Web Control Standard Attributes.

## Control Standard Properties

AppRelativeTemplateSourceDirectory, BindingContainer, ClientID, Controls, EnableTheming, EnableViewState, ID, NamingContainer, Page, Parent, Site, TemplateControl, TemplateSourceDirectory, UniqueID, Visible

For a full description, go to Control Standard Attributes.

### Examples

Calendar
In this example we declare a Calendar control in its simplest use, in an .aspx file.

Calendar 2
In this example we declare a Calendar control in an .aspx file. The days are displayed with full names in blue, the weekends are displayed in red on a yellow background, and the current date is displayed with a green background.

Calendar 3
In this example we declare a Calendar control in an .aspx file. The days are displayed with full names, the user may select a day, a week, or the whole month, and the selected day/week/month is displayed with a grey background color.

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