Hi,
I think I found a way by modifying the code to the following:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace MyProgram
{
class CalendarCells
{
public class CalendarColumn : DataGridViewColumn
{
public CalendarColumn() : base(new CalendarCell())
{
}
public override DataGridViewCell CellTemplate
{
get
{
return base.CellTemplate;
}
set
{
// Ensure that the cell used for the template is a CalendarCell.
if (value != null &&
!value.GetType().IsAssignableFrom(typeof(CalendarCell)))
{
throw new InvalidCastException("Must be a CalendarCell");
}
base.CellTemplate = value;
}
}
}
public class CalendarCell : DataGridViewTextBoxCell
{
public CalendarCell()
: base()
{
// Use the short date format.
this.Style.Format = "d";
}
public override void InitializeEditingControl(int rowIndex, object
initialFormattedValue, DataGridViewCellStyle dataGridViewCellStyle)
{
// Set the value of the editing control to the current cell value.
base.InitializeEditingControl(rowIndex, initialFormattedValue,
dataGridViewCellStyle);
CalendarEditingControl ctl =
DataGridView.EditingControl as CalendarEditingControl;
try
{
ctl.Value = (DateTime)this.Value;
}
catch
{
ctl.Value = DateTime.Now;
}
}
public override Type EditType
{
get
{
// Return the type of the editing contol that CalendarCell uses.
return typeof(CalendarEditingControl);
}
}
public override Type ValueType
{
get
{
// Return the type of the value that CalendarCell contains.
return typeof(DateTime);
}
}
public override object DefaultNewRowValue
{
get
{
// Use the current date and time as the default value.
//return DateTime.Now;
return null;
}
}
}
class CalendarEditingControl : DateTimePicker, IDataGridViewEditingControl
{
DataGridView dataGridView;
private bool valueChanged = false;
int rowIndex;
public CalendarEditingControl()
{
this.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Short;
}
// Implements the IDataGridViewEditingControl.EditingControlFormattedValue
// property.
public object EditingControlFormattedValue
{
get
{
return this.Value.ToShortDateString();
}
set
{
if (value is String)
{
this.Value = DateTime.Parse((String)value);
}
}
}
// Implements the
// IDataGridViewEditingControl.GetEditingControlFormattedValue method.
public object GetEditingControlFormattedValue(
DataGridViewDataErrorContexts context)
{
return EditingControlFormattedValue;
}
// Implements the
// IDataGridViewEditingControl.ApplyCellStyleToEditingControl method.
public void ApplyCellStyleToEditingControl(
DataGridViewCellStyle dataGridViewCellStyle)
{
this.Font = dataGridViewCellStyle.Font;
this.CalendarForeColor = dataGridViewCellStyle.ForeColor;
this.CalendarMonthBackground = dataGridViewCellStyle.BackColor;
}
// Implements the IDataGridViewEditingControl.EditingControlRowIndex
// property.
public int EditingControlRowIndex
{
get
{
return rowIndex;
}
set
{
rowIndex = value;
}
}
// Implements the IDataGridViewEditingControl.EditingControlWantsInputKey
// method.
public bool EditingControlWantsInputKey(
Keys key, bool dataGridViewWantsInputKey)
{
// Let the DateTimePicker handle the keys listed.
switch (key & Keys.KeyCode)
{
case Keys.Left:
case Keys.Up:
case Keys.Down:
case Keys.Right:
case Keys.Home:
case Keys.End:
case Keys.PageDown:
case Keys.PageUp:
return true;
default:
return !dataGridViewWantsInputKey;
}
}
// Implements the IDataGridViewEditingControl.PrepareEditingControlForEdit
// method.
public void PrepareEditingControlForEdit(bool selectAll)
{
// No preparation needs to be done.
}
// Implements the IDataGridViewEditingControl
// .RepositionEditingControlOnValueChange property.
public bool RepositionEditingControlOnValueChange
{
get
{
return false;
}
}
// Implements the IDataGridViewEditingControl
// .EditingControlDataGridView property.
public DataGridView EditingControlDataGridView
{
get
{
return dataGridView;
}
set
{
dataGridView = value;
}
}
// Implements the IDataGridViewEditingControl
// .EditingControlValueChanged property.
public bool EditingControlValueChanged
{
get
{
return valueChanged;
}
set
{
valueChanged = value;
}
}
// Implements the IDataGridViewEditingControl
// .EditingPanelCursor property.
public Cursor EditingPanelCursor
{
get
{
return base.Cursor;
}
}
protected override void OnValueChanged(EventArgs eventargs)
{
// Notify the DataGridView that the contents of the cell
// have changed.
valueChanged = true;
this.EditingControlDataGridView.NotifyCurrentCellDirty(true);
base.OnValueChanged(eventargs);
}
}
}
}
To get blank cells on the calendar, all I have done is in the public override object DefaultNewRowValue function is to remove the return value and return NULL instead (I've commented it out and left it in for reference).
I also modified the InitializeEditingControl function to put a try/catch around the part which reads the value from the cell when initializing the calendar cell. If the TRY picks up a NULL, the code falls through to the CATCH statement which just uses DateTime.Now to initialize the calendar which is acceptable! If I decide I am editing the wrong cell, the ESCAPE key still reverts to a blank cell which is great!
Thanks for looking into this, I will see how I go with this one. Hopefully it may help someone else!
Sean
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