I would like to allow users to certain keywords like "today" or short "t" or simple calculations like "today + 7 d". In addition the numer of the day in the year should allow to identify the date in a short form. On top of this it should still be possilbe to enter a normal date like XamDateTimeEditor expects it.
How would I go about allowing these custom entries in XamDateTimeEditor?
Data entry is restricted to the characters allowed for the mask. So the intrinsic date and time mask characters (e.g. m, d, y, h) only accept numeric values. The only way to do something like this would be to set a mask that accepts any character (e.g. C) and then handling the parsing to/from string yourself via the ValueToTextConverter. However currently this will not work and still get the dropdown button since the AllowDropdown will be coerced to false if there are no date sections. I'll see about getting a case created for this so we can allow for the dropdown to still show.
Hello,
I have logged this as a development issue with number : 32850.
How can I obtain the latest service release with instructions on how to use the requested functionality in XamDateTimeEditor?
This issue has already been resolved (in 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 10.2 and later) and released with the latest service releases for these versions.