InputManager and DatePicker

[Thomas]

The InputManager is a great idea and works well for NumericTextBoxes and RadTextBoxes but not so well for dates. I have a form with quite a few DatePickers. I~27d like to use the InputManager to help cut down on the size the of the page ~28300 KB~21~29. Unfortunately~2c as far as I can tell~2c the InputManager will not let me take a bunch of textboxes and make them into equivalent DatePickers with all the same features of a DatePicker ~28especially the calendar button~29. Technically~2c I~27m sure I could spend a bunch of time mimicing the features of the DatePickers but is not worth the time.~3cbr /~3e

[Dimo]

Hello Thomas,

In order to improve the page performance, you can use date pickers with a shared calendar:

http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/calendar/examples/design/sunny/defaultcs.aspx

or textboxes with a shared date picker:

http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/calendar/examples/datepicker/shareddatepicker/defaultcs.aspx?product=calendar

Best wishes,
Dimo
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[Thomas]

Actually~2c this example gets closer to something I know that many people have been asking for~3a an Excel like entry grid. I would be nice to have a grid that allows for editors but allows for the ease of entry that Excel does like using up/down arrows to commit a row~2c being always editable~2c having drop lists and providing for say 100 records or so without creating a 2 MB view state. I~27m sure you can modify the existing grid to do so~2c but it~27d be nice if there were an easier way.~3cbr /~3e ~3cbr /~3e I~27ll take a look at the example and see if I can make it work for us. Thanks~21~3cbr /~3e

[Thomas]

BTW~2c what is with the display~3f It seems to be encoding punctuation.~3cbr /~3e

[Dimo]

Hello Thomas,

Please tell us which browser are you using to write messages in this forum thread, so that we can test locally. Thanks.

Sincerely yours,
Dimo
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[Thomas]

I~27m using FF 3.1 Beta 3 ~28which I note is now officially FF 3.5~29 to post messages although the messages appear wonky in Outlook when I get a notification as well as IE 7~2c IE8 and Safari 3.1 ~28for Windows~29.~3cbr /~3e

[Dimo]

The problem is now fixed, please use a later Beta:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=483270


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Dimo
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[Thomas]

I'll consider it as soon as more of my add-ins are updated to work in 3.5b4 ;-> (Writing from IE8)