I think I have a bit of a hitch.

What I didn't share in my original post is that the DateTimeEditor is actually used as an EditorComponent attached to a DateTime column in an UltraGrid.

I'm working in VB but have translated the sample you posted. If I create a sample form exactly as per your sample it works fine.

But on the UltraGrid, it appears the BeforeDropDown event for the DateTimeEditor doesn't fire - is that possible?

Is there another event I can hook to do this?

Well, I now know from another thread that the events don't fire for the embedded editor.

What I now need to figure out is what event I can get from the grid to intercept the grid using the DateTimeEditor and instead pop the MonthCalendar up to get the date.

I've tried in the BeforeEnterEditMode event but the problem with that is that it isn't an event where you want to cancel ...

Any thoughts?

Hi,

Maybe one possible approach could be if you are using BeforeCellListDropDown() event of your UltraGrid. For example:

void ultraGrid1_BeforeCellListDropDown(object sender, Infragistics.Win.UltraWinGrid.CancelableCellEventArgs e)
{
    e.Cancel = true;
    mc.Parent = ultraGrid1;
    mc.Location = new Point(ultraGrid1.ActiveCell.GetUIElement().Rect.X, ultraGrid1.ActiveCell.GetUIElement().Rect.Y + 23);
    mc.Show();
    mc.DateSelected += new DateRangeEventHandler(mc_DateSelected);
}

Please note that in void mc_DateSelected() event you should replace ultraDateTimeEditor1.DateTime with  ultraGrid1.ActiveCell.Value.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Regards

Here is the sample

Hello rranjan1471,

I`m not  familiar with your scenario, but I try to reproduce it in a small sample.  Could you please take a look at the attached sample for more details and let me know if you think that I didn`t reproduce your case. Please feel free to modify this sample and revert it back to me. I`ll be glad to research it for you.

If you have any questions do not hesitate to write me

Regards

Hi,

I am using UltraGrid in my application.

That grid contains only one column called value.

Depeneidng on some criteria , in run time i am setting editor component of the column value.

When i m setting it to DateTime havin mask input, format string evey thing set as

FormatString =

"dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss",

MaskInput =

"dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss".

When i am running the application, second section is not appearing in the grid cell also its not allowing me to enter more than 12 number i.e. if i try to enter 13 or more than that it's not allowing me to do that.

Please let me know in case some thing specific needs to be done for getting both the above mentioned point done.

Request you to reply at the earliest.

Thanks for your feedback. If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to write us

Regards

I'm afraid I ran out of time to try this and went with a more pragmatic solution.

I let the users flip the masks on the two DateTimeEditors between {LOC} hh:mm tt and {LOC} mm/dd/yy hh:mm tt - this meets the requirement.

I'll go back and look at the last alternative proposed in the next quiet moment.

Thanks!