C++/CLr for DateTimePicker, how to initialize the min time to today or time in future, and set the value programatically.

Question

I have two DateTimePickers. For the first one, I would like to set the min time to the current date & time when the program starts. But when I try to set MinTime in the properties using DateTime::Now, I get a "Property value is not valid" dialog, even though an example shows "dateTimePicker1->Value = DateTime::Now;". I can't edit the initialization of the properties, so without writing a custom setter for the date time it doesn't seem that there is a way to set this before the user sees the picker displayed.

I have a similar issue with a second DateTimePicker, I want the value set to a time in the future, but again, how do I initialize it at start up?

Answer 1

Hi, @Greg Wilson-Lindberg

The snippet works for me:

public:  
	MyForm1(void)  
	{  
		InitializeComponent();  
		//  
		//TODO: Add the constructor code here  
		//  
		DateTime localDate = System::DateTime::Now;  
		DateTime future=localDate.AddDays(12);  
		dateTimePicker1->MinDate = System::DateTime::Now;  
		dateTimePicker2->MinDate = future;  
	}  

Best regards,

Minxin Yu

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