TDateEdit

type TDateEdit = class(TCustomEditButton)

protected

  function GetDefaultGlyph; override;

GetDefaultGlyph - find the default glyph for the SpeedButton

  function GetDefaultGlyphName; override;

GetDefaultGlyphName - find the name for the default glyph for the SpeedButton

  procedure DoButtonClick(); override;

DoButtonClick - software emulation of the OnButtonClick event

  procedure DblClick; override;

DblClick - a procedure that allows the programmer to simulate a mouse double-click over the control, and initiates the same Action as that associated with the OnDblClick event

  procedure SetDateMask; virtual;

public

  constructor Create(); override;

Create - constructor for TDateEdit: calls inherited Create and sets defaults

  procedure DateFormatChanged; virtual;

DateFormatChanged - method for changing date format

  function GetDateFormat;

GetDateFormat - returns the format for the date

  property Date: TDateTime; [rw]

  property Button;

Button - the SpeedButton that is attached to the Edit Box

  property DroppedDown: Boolean; [r]

published

  property DialogTitle: TCaption; [rws]

DialogTitle - the caption to appear on the dialog

  property CalendarDisplaySettings: TDisplaySettings; [rw]

CalendarDisplaySettings - governs how the calendar dialog is to be displayed

  property OnAcceptDate: TAcceptDateEvent; [rw]

OnAcceptDate - event handler for accepting the date selected in the calendar dialog

  property OnCustomDate: TCustomDateEvent; [rw]

OnCustomDate - event handler for inserting a custom date

  property OKCaption: TCaption; [rw]

OKCaption - the caption to be used for the OK button in the calendar dialog

  property CancelCaption: TCaption; [rw]

CancelCaption - the caption to be used for the Cancel button in the Calendar dialog

  property ReadOnly;

ReadOnly - the contents of the edit box may only be read, not written or erased

  property DefaultToday: Boolean; [rw]

DefaultToday - if True, the current date is offered as the default date (value is False by default)

  property DateOrder: TDateOrder; [rw]

  property ButtonOnlyWhenFocused;

ButtonOnlyWhenFocused - if True, the SpeedButton only appears when focus is given to the EditButton control

  property ButtonWidth;

ButtonWidth - the width of the SpeedButton attached to the Edit Box

  property Action;

The action to be associated with this control

  property Align;

Used to align the control to the top, bottom, left or right of its client.

  property Anchors;

The set of anchor definitions for this control

  property AutoSize;

Whether auto-size is to be used

  property AutoSelect;

AutoSelect : if True, the edit control will select all its text when it receives focus or when the Enter key is pressed.

  property BorderSpacing;

Determines the border spacing for this control

  property BorderStyle;

  property Color;

Determine the colour for the current control

  property Constraints;

Determine Constraints (max and min height and width) for this control

  property CharCase;

CharCase - rules for what case to use (upper or lower) to display text

  property DirectInput;

DirectInput - if True, direct data input to the Edit Box is permitted

  property Glyph;

Glyph - the small graphic image on the SpeedButton, which ought to indicate its function

  property NumGlyphs;

NumGlyphs - the number of available glyphs

  property DragMode;

DragMode - whether manual or automatic

  property EchoMode;

EchoMode - how to echo keypresses on screen: normal (returning the actual character for that key), all upper or lower case, or a masking character as used in entering passwords

  property Enabled;

Whether the control is Enabled (read/write). If not, it usually appears 'greyed-out'

  property Font;

The font to be used for text in this control (read/write).

  property MaxLength;

MaxLength: maximum length allowed for text string

  property OnChange;

OnChange - event handler for any change in text

  property OnChangeBounds;

Event handler for a change in bounds of the control

  property OnClick;

Event Handler for mouse click

  property OnEditingDone;

Event handler when editing is done

  property OnEnter;

OnEnter - event handler for when the mouse enters the control, and the control receives focus

  property OnExit;

OnExit - event handler for when the mouse leaves the control and it loses focus

  property OnKeyDown;

OnKeyDown - event handler for instance when key is down while control has focus

  property OnKeyPress;

OnKeyPress - event controller for a key being pressed while the control has focus. To properly handle national chars use UTF8KeyPress instead.

  property OnKeyUp;

OnKeyUp - event handler for instance when a key is up (not pressed) while the control has focus

  property OnMouseDown;

Event handler for when a mouse button is pressed down

  property OnMouseMove;

Event handler for mouse movement within the current control

  property OnMouseUp;

Event handler for when the mouse button is released, ie "up"

  property OnResize;

Event Handler for resize of control

  property OnUTF8KeyPress;

UTF8KeyPress - event controller for a key being pressed while the control has focus.

  property ParentFont;

ParentFont - should the control use the same font as the parent? Default is true

  property ParentShowHint;

ParentShowHint - does the control adopt the same hinting behaviour as its parent? Default is true

  property PasswordChar;

PasswordChar : the character which appears in the Edit box replacing and masking the actual character typed

  property PopupMenu;

PopupMenu - a context-sensitive menu that pops up when the right mouse button is clicked over this control

  property ShowHint;

Flag to determine: Is hint to be displayed for this control?

  property TabStop;

Is the control in the sequence of controls accessed by successive presses of the Tab key?

  property TabOrder;

The place this control occupies in the list of tabs

  property Visible;

Visible - can the control be seen?

end;

TDateEdit

TDateEdit - an EditBox to hold a date, with an attached SpeedButton that will summon a date selection (calendar) dialog

TCustomEditButton

TCustomEditButton - base class for TEditButton, an Edit Box with attached Speed Button

TCustomMaskEdit

TCustomMaskEdit - base class for TMaskEdit, an Edit box with characters masked out to avoid unauthorised reading

TCustomEdit

TCustomEdit : the base type from which the TEdit Box is derived.

TWinControl

TControl

TLCLComponent

TLCLComponent - base class for LCL components

TComponent,IUnknown,IInterfaceComponentReference

TPersistent

TObject