InsertDateTimeDialog - how can we add more formatting options?

[Rob]

Hello,

I have been asked to add more formatting options to the InsertDateTimeDialog, specifically US format strings which are "mm/dd/yyyy" instead of "dd/mm/yyyy".

What is the best way to approach this?

Thanks in advance, 
Rob

[Iva Toteva]

Hello Rob,

The best way to achieve this is to implement your own InsertDateTimeDialog and mark it with the [CustomInsertDateTimeDialog] attribute. As RadRichTextBox loads all dialogs through MEF, this will ensure that the custom implementation will be used instead of the default one.

Please find attached a zip with a possible implementation of a CustomInsertDateTimeDialog. I have just taken the default implementation and changed the name of the class and attribute from "Default~" to "Custom~". All you need to do is to change patterns added in the GetDateFormatPatterns method.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Iva Toteva
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