DateTimePicker to accept character as input

[Antony]

Hi Guys,
            Can I customize a DateTimePicker to accept character and convert it into that particular date..

For example..
       If I enter T ---->it should convert to Todays date and present time.
       If I enter T-10 ---->it should convert to Todays date minus 10 days and display the date and present time

[Yana]

Hi Antony,

You can implement your own parsing logic in ParseDateTimeValue event, please check here for more details.

All the best,
Yana
the Telerik team

[Antony]

Hi Yana,

Thanks for your Reply, I appreciate it. If you don't mind can I have a simple example to illustrate it.








Regards,
Antony Nadan A.F

[Yana]

Hello Antony,

You can check this article for a simple example about custom parsing.   The event handler in your case should be similar to the following code snippet:

private void RadDateTimePicker_ParseDateTimeValue(object sender, Telerik.Windows.Controls.ParseDateTimeEventArgs args)
{
    string input = args.TextToParse.ToLower();
    if (input == "t")
    {
        args.Result = DateTime.Now;
        args.IsParsingSuccessful = true;
    }
}

All the best,
Yana
the Telerik team