Words instead of Date for GUICtrlCreateDate

[litlmike]

I am using GUICtrlCreateDate, is there way to assign text instead of a date.

For example, instead of assigning "1953/04/25", is there a way to make it read, "Pick a Date", or "Pick your Starting Date"?

If so, would I just modify the following code?

GUICtrlCreateDate ("1953/04/25", 10,10,185,20 )

[BigDod]

Do you mean something like this

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

$start=InputBox ("Start Date", "Input Start Date")
GUICreate ( "My GUI get date", 200,200,800,200)
$date=GUICtrlCreateDate ($start, 10,10,185,20 )
GUISetState ()

; Run the GUI until the dialog is closed
Do
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
Until $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

MsgBox(0,"Date",GUICtrlRead($date))
GUIDelete()

Remember to input date as YYYY/MM/DD

[litlmike]

Do you mean something like this

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

$start=InputBox ("Start Date", "Input Start Date")
GUICreate ( "My GUI get date", 200,200,800,200)
$date=GUICtrlCreateDate ($start, 10,10,185,20 )
GUISetState ()

; Run the GUI until the dialog is closed
Do
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
Until $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

MsgBox(0,"Date",GUICtrlRead($date))
GUIDelete()

Remember to input date as YYYY/MM/DD

Thanks for the reply. Actually I was hoping to just set the GUICtrlCreateDate ("1953/04/25", 10,10,185,20 ), to read GUICtrlCreateDate ("Pick a Start Date", 10,10,185,20 ). Apparently it doesn't work that way, but I was hoping there was still a way to accomplish it.

[CyberSlug]

Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default....me/datetime.asp

Hope this helps

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

$DTM_SETFORMAT = 0x1000 + 5;+50 instead of +5 for UniCode

GUICreate ( "My GUI get date", 200,200,800,200)
$date=GUICtrlCreateDate ("1953/04/25", 10,10,185,20 )
;Notice the nested quotes in the next line
GUICtrlSendMsg($date, $DTM_SETFORMAT ,0, "'Pick a date'")

GuiSetState()

While 1
    $msg = GuiGetMsg()
    
    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then
        Exit
    ElseIf $msg = $date Then;replace text with selected date
        GUICtrlSendMsg($date, $DTM_SETFORMAT ,0, "yyyy/mm/dd")
    EndIf
Wend

[litlmike]

Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default....me/datetime.asp

Hope this helps

#include <GUIConstants.au3>

$DTM_SETFORMAT = 0x1000 + 5;+50 instead of +5 for UniCode

GUICreate ( "My GUI get date", 200,200,800,200)
$date=GUICtrlCreateDate ("1953/04/25", 10,10,185,20 )
;Notice the nested quotes in the next line
GUICtrlSendMsg($date, $DTM_SETFORMAT ,0, "'Pick a date'")

GuiSetState()

While 1
    $msg = GuiGetMsg()
    
    If $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then
        Exit
    ElseIf $msg = $date Then;replace text with selected date
        GUICtrlSendMsg($date, $DTM_SETFORMAT ,0, "yyyy/mm/dd")
    EndIf
Wend

AWESOME! Thank you! I had no idea what GUICtrlSendMsg did before now. Worked perfectly.