DayRenderEventArgs.SelectUrl Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Gets the script used to post the page back to the server when the date being rendered is selected in a Calendar control.

public:
 property System::String ^ SelectUrl { System::String ^ get(); };
public string SelectUrl { get; }
member this.SelectUrl : string
Public ReadOnly Property SelectUrl As String

Property Value

String

The script used to post the page back to the server when the date being rendered is selected.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to customize the content rendered for today's date. The value of the SelectUrl property is inserted into the rendered content so that the Calendar control will post back to the server when the user selects today's date.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  void ScheduleCalendar_DayRender(object sender, DayRenderEventArgs e)
  {
    // Customize the caption for today's date.
    if(e.Day.IsToday)
    {
      // Create the content to render for today's date. Use the 
      // SelectUrl property to retrieve the script used to post
      // the page back to the server when the user selects the
      // date.
      string dayContent = "<a href=\"" + e.SelectUrl +
        "\"><img border=\"0\" alt=\"Today\" src=\"today.jpg\"/></a>";
      
      // Display the custom content in the date cell. 
      e.Cell.Text = dayContent;
    }
    
  }
  
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    
      <asp:calendar id="ScheduleCalendar"
        ondayrender="ScheduleCalendar_DayRender" 
        runat="server"/> 
    
    </form>
  </body>
</html>


<%@ Page Language="VB" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">

  Sub ScheduleCalendar_DayRender(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DayRenderEventArgs) Handles ScheduleCalendar.DayRender
  
    ' Customize the caption for today's date.
    If e.Day.IsToday Then
    
      ' Create the content to render for today's date. Use the 
      ' SelectUrl property to retrieve the script used to post
      ' the page back to the server when the user selects the
      ' date.
      Dim dayContent As String = "<a href=""" & e.SelectUrl & _
        """><img border=""0"" alt=""Today"" src=""today.jpg""/></a>"
      
      ' Display the custom content in the date cell. 
      e.Cell.Text = dayContent
      
    End If
    
  End Sub
  
</script>

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1" runat="server">
    
      <asp:calendar id="ScheduleCalendar"
        runat="server"/> 
    
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

Remarks

Use the SelectUrl property to retrieve the script used to post the page back to the server when the date being rendered is selected in a Calendar control. This property is typically used when you want to customize the content rendered for a date, but still want to retain the postback behavior.

Applies to

See also