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<%@ Page Inherits="ParentPage" src="test.aspx.vb" %>

<html><body>
   <form runat="server">
      <asp:Calendar id="Calendar1" runat="server"
         OnSelectionChanged="DateChanged"
         Cellpadding="5" Cellspacing="5"
         DayHeaderStyle-Font-Bold="True"
         DayNameFormat="Short"
         Font-Name="Arial" Font-Size="12px"
         height="250px"
         NextPrevFormat="ShortMonth"
         NextPrevStyle-ForeColor="white"
         SelectedDayStyle-BackColor="#ffcc66"
         SelectedDayStyle-Font-Bold="True"
         SelectionMode="DayWeekMonth"
         SelectorStyle-BackColor="#99ccff"
         SelectorStyle-ForeColor="navy"
         SelectorStyle-Font-Size="9px"
         ShowTitle="true"
         TitleStyle-BackColor="#ddaa66"
         TitleStyle-ForeColor="white"
         TitleStyle-Font-Bold="True"
         TodayDayStyle-Font-Bold="True" />
   </form>
   You selected: 
   <asp:Label id="lblMessage" runat="server"/>
</body></html>

File: test.aspx.vb

Imports System
Imports System.Web
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls

Public Class ParentPage : Inherits Page
   public lblMessage as Label
   public Calendar1 as Calendar
   
   Public sub Page_Load(obj as object, e as eventargs)
      if not Page.IsPostBack then
         Calendar1.SelectedDate = DateTime.Now
         lblMessage.Text = Calendar1.SelectedDate. _
            ToString("dddd, MMMM dd yyyy")
      end if
   End Sub
   
   Public sub DateChanged(obj as object, e as eventargs)
      if Calendar1.SelectedDates.Count > 1 then
         lblMessage.Text = Calendar1.SelectedDates(0). _
            ToString("dddd, MMMM dd yyyy") & " through " & _
            Calendar1.SelectedDates(Calendar1.SelectedDates. _
            Count - 1).ToString("dddd, MMMM dd yyyy")
      else
         lblMessage.Text = Calendar1.SelectedDate. _
            ToString("dddd, MMMM dd yyyy")
      end if
   End Sub
End Class








3.21.Calendar
3.21.1.Important properties of the Calendar control
3.21.2.Calendar style
3.21.3.Convert Selected Date from Calendar to Long Date String
3.21.4.title style, day header style, today style, and other month day style
3.21.5.Calendar with events
3.21.6.Calendar selection changed event (C#)
3.21.7.Format value retrieved from asp:Calendar (C#)
3.21.8.Format value from asp:Calendar as 'dddd, MMMM dd yyyy' (VB.net)
3.21.9.Calendar day renderer event (C#)
3.21.10.Appointment based on Calendar (C#)
3.21.11.Bind selected dates from a calendar to asp:BulletedList
3.21.12.Creating a Pop-up Date Picker
3.21.13.Retrieving a range of dates from a selection (C#)
3.21.14.Retrieving a range of dates from a selection (VB)
3.21.15.Controlling how a day is rendered in the Calendar (C#)
3.21.16.Controlling how a day is rendered in the Calendar (VB)
3.21.17.Calendar control and some of its colorful styles