Entering a date into a form

[Brad]

What control should i use, so it is easy for the user to select a date. I dont have a lot of room on my form, i would like to stay away from something big like a calendar. Any ideas, thanks in advance.

Brad

 

[R. Hicks]

You may want to use the Microsoft Date and Time Picker ...

RD

 

[Brad]

Where can i get that, i don't see it listed in my controls

 

[R. Hicks]

Try Insert/ActiveX Control from the MainMenu ... (if the control i
installed on your machine).

RD

 

[Kelvin]

How about synchronized combo boxes for the year, month, and day like on most
web sites.

Kelvin

What control should i use, so it is easy for the user to select a date. I

dont have a lot of room on my form, i would like to stay away from something
big like a calendar. Any ideas, thanks in advance.

 

[JohnWL]

Web site versions usually stink. If you enter an invalid part of the date
based on the other parts currently set, you get error messages. And you have
to go thru a lot of steps to get a complete date set.

Go to http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/calendars.htm, a web site for Access
developers, and see the section on calendars to use.

John Loewen

 

[Kelvin]

The poster didn't want to use a calendar and you can prevent invalid dates
by synchronizing the boxes. Its fairly easy to show only the correct dates
for a month so I think this would be a good alternative to using calendar
controls.

Kelvin