Can anyone help with setting default date in calender

[johnkelly11]

hi

i have this code almost completed, apart from one small detail,

When the application starts, it should display the current date in the arrival date and the current date plus three days in the second departure date.

i have the arrival date working but i cant set the departure date,

i know its something like .AddDays(3), but when i put this to departure date it adds 3 days to total price instead of date begining 3 days ahead of current date.

could someone please help me out

private void btnCalculate_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            DateTime currentDate = DateTime.Today; // set current date to today
 
            DateTime aTime, dTime; // arrival date, departure date //
 
            aTime = (dateTimePicker1.Value).Date; // arrival date in calender 1
            dTime = (dateTimePicker2.Value).Date; // departure date in calender 2
 
 
            int nights = 0;
 
                TimeSpan totalStay = dTime - aTime;
                nights = totalStay.Days;
                txtNoNights.Text = nights.ToString();
 
            int selectedIndex = cboRoomType.SelectedIndex;
            if (selectedIndex != 0)
            {
                decimal price = Convert.ToDecimal(rooms[selectedIndex, 1]);
                decimal result = nights * price;
                txtTotal.Text = result.ToString("c");
            }
            else
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Please select a Room Type", "Invalid Room");
            }
 
        }
 

thanks to anyone who helps out

[adriancs]

just preset the value of dateTimePicker.

dateTimePicker1.Value = DateTime.Today;
dateTimePicker2.Value = DateTime.Today.AddDays(3);

by the way,

(dateTimePicker1.Value).Date

has the same value as

dateTimePicker1.Value

this should be ok

aTime = dateTimePicker1.Value;
dTime = dateTimePicker2.Value;

[johnkelly11]

thanks for replying adriancs, but your reply does not work, it only adds 3 days to the total stay, instead of - When the application starts, it should be displaying the current date plus three days in the departure date.

In your answer the departure date stays the dame all the time and does not allow user to enter selection of date,

[Prashanth Rao]

Hi if you don't mind can you explain me about total stay means..and
are you using calendar control or is there any other control..if you clarify me i will give you replay soon..

[adriancs]

Ok, lets take an example:

John's traveling schedule:
arrival date is: 12 Dec 2011
departure date is: 15 Dec 2011
Price of 1 night is: $50

Calculation:
Payment = ((15 Dec 2011) - (12 Dec 2011)) * $50

is this what you want?

[Prashanth Rao]

No not that.I need your page screen shot..can you provide that screen shot and tell me what exactly you need..because
DateTime dt1 = DateTime.Today; if this works fine then
it should support the following statement
DateTime dt2 = DateTime.Today.AddDays(3);
correct me if i understand wrong

[Prashanth Rao]

what is name of dateTimePicker1 control..

[Brian Connelly]

So your calculation would return 3 days, but you want the total nights so you need subtract 1 from the total days to give you night stays. For the second calender, use an if statement which I have not build out. What you could do is set the dTime = aTime.AddDays(3) which allows the departure date to default to 3 days from whatever date aTime is. The if statement should check to see if dTime has changed.

[Prashanth Rao]

sorry i got your point...what you have to do is just select the datetime picker from design and right click on it then select properties then set Value attribute to your date then it will work fine...you no need to write any code in click event of button because you need the values when you run the application but not at the time of clicking on button...got it ..correct me if i understand wrong

[johnkelly11]

@adriancs

what i have to do is Create a hotel reservations form that accepts an arrival and departure date for a reservation from the user. The form should allow the user to select a room type from a list (single, double, king and suite) and then calculate the number of nights and the total price for the reservation.


I have the program working apart from one small detail in the specifiaction that says to

"When the application starts, it should display the current date in the first text box and the current date plus three days in the second text box. That way, the user can modify these default dates as necessary"



when i put dateTimePicker2.Value = DateTime.Today.AddDays(3);, it adds 3 days to current date, and does not allow user to change to users selected date

[adriancs]

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[adriancs]

from the picture that you've uploaded. I can see that, the user is able to change the arrival and departure date.
Isn't it? With or without value preset.

[adriancs]

Hi, I have quickly make a simple form base on the uploaded picture.
may have a look here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?kezm2m2jpoe1d08

[adriancs]

Youtube video
DateTimePicker Tutorial, watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I8BVf5raHo

[johnkelly11]

thanks for the help adriancs, I finally got it working