Application.CalendarDateBoxes method (Project)

Customizes the top and bottom bands of date boxes in the Calendar view.

Syntax

expression. CalendarDateBoxes( _TopLeft_, _TopRight_, _BottomLeft_, _BottomRight_, _TopColor_, _BottomColor_, _TopPattern_, _BottomPattern_ )

expression A variable that represents an Application object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data type Description
TopLeft Optional Long The format for dates in the upper-left corner of each date box. Can be one of the PjCalendarDateLabel constants.
TopRight Optional Long The format for dates in the upper-right corner of each date box. Can be one of the PjCalendarDateLabel constants.
BottomLeft Optional Long The format for dates in the lower-left corner of each date box. Can be one of the PjCalendarDateLabel constants.
BottomRight Optional Long The format for dates in the lower-right corner of each date box. Can be one of the PjCalendarDateLabel constants.
TopColor Optional Long The color of the top band in each date box. Can be one of the PjColor constants.
BottomColor Optional Long The color of the bottom band in each date box. Can be one of the PjColor constants.
TopPattern Optional Long The pattern of the top band in each date box. Can be one of the PjFillPattern constants.
BottomPattern Optional Long The pattern of the bottom band in each date box. Can be one of the PjFillPattern constants.

Return value

Boolean

Remarks

Using the CalendarDateBoxes method with no arguments displays the Timescale dialog box with the Date Boxes tab selected.

To edit calendar date boxes where the colors can be RGB values, use the CalendarDateBoxesEx method.

Example

The following example displays the day of the week (for example, Thursday) in the upper-left corner, the month and date (for example, Jan 31) in the upper-right corner, the day of the year and year (for example, 70 2012) in the bottom-left corner of each date box in the calendar, and sets the background colors of the top band and the bottom band.

Sub FormatCalendarDays() 
    CalendarDateBoxes Topleft:=pjDay_dddd, TopRight:=pjDay_mmm_dd, _
        BottomLeft:=pjCalendarLabelDayOfYear_dd_yyyy, _ 
        TopColor:=PjColor.pjSilver, BottomColor:=PjColor.pjYellow 
End Sub

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