Select current date by default in ASP Net Calendar control

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Let s say I have an aspx page with this calendar control    lt asp Calendar ID  Calendar1  runat  server   SelectedDate     gt  lt  asp Calendar gt    Is there anything I can put in for SelectedDate to make it use the current date by default  without having to use the code-behind

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Two ways of doing it   Late binding   lt asp Calendar ID  planning  runat  server  SelectedDate   lt    DateTime Now   gt   gt  lt  asp Calendar gt    Code behind way  Page Load solution   protected void Page Load object sender  EventArgs e        BindCalendar       private void BindCalendar         planning SelectedDate   DateTime Today      Altough  I strongly recommend to do it from a BindMyStuff way  Single entry point easier to debug  But since you seems to know your game  you re all set

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I too had the same problem in VWD 2010 and  by chance  I had two  controls  One was available in code behind and one wasn t accessible  I thought that the order of statements in the controls was causing the issue  I put  runat  before  SelectedDate  and that seemed to fix it  When I put  runat  after  SelectedDate  it still worked  Unfortunately  I now don t know why it didn t work and haven t got the original that didn t work   These now all work -   lt asp Calendar ID  calDateFrom  SelectedDate  08 02 2011  SelectionMode  Day  runat  server  gt  lt  asp Calendar gt   lt asp Calendar runat  server  SelectionMode  Day  SelectedDate  08 15 2011 12 00 00 AM  ID  Calendar1  VisibleDate  08 03 2011 12 00 00 AM  gt  lt  asp Calendar gt   lt asp Calendar SelectionMode  Day  SelectedDate  08 31 2011 12 00 00 AM  runat  server  ID  calDateTo  gt  lt  asp Calendar gt

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If you are already doing databinding    lt asp Calendar ID  Calendar1  runat  server   SelectedDate   lt    DateTime Today   gt     gt    Will do it   This does require that somewhere you are doing a Page DataBind   call  or a databind call on a parent control     If you are not doing that and you absolutely do not want any codebehind on the page  then you ll have to create a usercontrol that contains a calendar control and sets its selecteddate

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Two ways of doing it   Late binding   lt asp Calendar ID  planning  runat  server  SelectedDate   lt    DateTime Now   gt   gt  lt  asp Calendar gt    Code behind way  Page Load solution   protected void Page Load object sender  EventArgs e        BindCalendar       private void BindCalendar         planning SelectedDate   DateTime Today      Altough  I strongly recommend to do it from a BindMyStuff way  Single entry point easier to debug  But since you seems to know your game  you re all set

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If you are already doing databinding    lt asp Calendar ID  Calendar1  runat  server   SelectedDate   lt    DateTime Today   gt     gt    Will do it   This does require that somewhere you are doing a Page DataBind   call  or a databind call on a parent control     If you are not doing that and you absolutely do not want any codebehind on the page  then you ll have to create a usercontrol that contains a calendar control and sets its selecteddate

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DateTime Now will not work  use DateTime Today instead

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I was trying to make the calendar selects a date by default and highlights it for the user  However  i tried using all the options above but i only managed to set the calendar s selected date   protected void Page Load object sender  EventArgs e      Calendar1 SelectedDate   DateTime Today      the previous code did NOT highlight the selection  although it set the SelectedDate to today   However  to select and highlight the following code will work properly   protected void Page Load object sender  EventArgs e        DateTime today   DateTime Today      Calendar1 TodaysDate   today      Calendar1 SelectedDate   Calendar1 TodaysDate      check this link  http   msdn microsoft com en-us library 8k0f6h1h v VS 85  aspx

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Actually  I cannot get selected date in aspx  Here is the way to set selected date in codes   protected void Page Load object sender  EventArgs e       if   Page IsPostBack             DateTime dt   DateTime Now AddDays -1         Calendar1 VisibleDate   dt        Calendar1 SelectedDate   dt        Calendar1 TodaysDate   dt                       In above example  I need to set the default selected date to yesterday  The key point is to set TodayDate   Otherwise  the selected calendar date is always today

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DateTime Now will not work  use DateTime Today instead

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Actually  I cannot get selected date in aspx  Here is the way to set selected date in codes   protected void Page Load object sender  EventArgs e       if   Page IsPostBack             DateTime dt   DateTime Now AddDays -1         Calendar1 VisibleDate   dt        Calendar1 SelectedDate   dt        Calendar1 TodaysDate   dt                       In above example  I need to set the default selected date to yesterday  The key point is to set TodayDate   Otherwise  the selected calendar date is always today

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I have tried above with above code but not working  Here is solution to set current date selected in asp net calendar control  dtpStartDate SelectedDate   Convert ToDateTime DateTime Now Date   dtpStartDate VisibleDate   Convert ToDateTime DateTime Now ToString

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DateTime Now will not work  use DateTime Today instead

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I too had the same problem in VWD 2010 and  by chance  I had two  controls  One was available in code behind and one wasn t accessible  I thought that the order of statements in the controls was causing the issue  I put  runat  before  SelectedDate  and that seemed to fix it  When I put  runat  after  SelectedDate  it still worked  Unfortunately  I now don t know why it didn t work and haven t got the original that didn t work   These now all work -   lt asp Calendar ID  calDateFrom  SelectedDate  08 02 2011  SelectionMode  Day  runat  server  gt  lt  asp Calendar gt   lt asp Calendar runat  server  SelectionMode  Day  SelectedDate  08 15 2011 12 00 00 AM  ID  Calendar1  VisibleDate  08 03 2011 12 00 00 AM  gt  lt  asp Calendar gt   lt asp Calendar SelectionMode  Day  SelectedDate  08 31 2011 12 00 00 AM  runat  server  ID  calDateTo  gt  lt  asp Calendar gt

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I have tried above with above code but not working  Here is solution to set current date selected in asp net calendar control  dtpStartDate SelectedDate   Convert ToDateTime DateTime Now Date   dtpStartDate VisibleDate   Convert ToDateTime DateTime Now ToString

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I was trying to make the calendar selects a date by default and highlights it for the user  However  i tried using all the options above but i only managed to set the calendar s selected date   protected void Page Load object sender  EventArgs e      Calendar1 SelectedDate   DateTime Today      the previous code did NOT highlight the selection  although it set the SelectedDate to today   However  to select and highlight the following code will work properly   protected void Page Load object sender  EventArgs e        DateTime today   DateTime Today      Calendar1 TodaysDate   today      Calendar1 SelectedDate   Calendar1 TodaysDate      check this link  http   msdn microsoft com en-us library 8k0f6h1h v VS 85  aspx

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If you are already doing databinding    lt asp Calendar ID  Calendar1  runat  server   SelectedDate   lt    DateTime Today   gt     gt    Will do it   This does require that somewhere you are doing a Page DataBind   call  or a databind call on a parent control     If you are not doing that and you absolutely do not want any codebehind on the page  then you ll have to create a usercontrol that contains a calendar control and sets its selecteddate

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DateTime Now will not work  use DateTime Today instead

User · Answer

If you are already doing databinding    lt asp Calendar ID  Calendar1  runat  server   SelectedDate   lt    DateTime Today   gt     gt    Will do it   This does require that somewhere you are doing a Page DataBind   call  or a databind call on a parent control     If you are not doing that and you absolutely do not want any codebehind on the page  then you ll have to create a usercontrol that contains a calendar control and sets its selecteddate

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