Hi -

With regular ASP I had a page leading to a calendar page in which I 
passed the current date as a querystring. It was as simple as putting 
this wherever I had the right href:

<a href="<%=date%>">blah</a>

Now that I am 'upgrading' to .NET, I cannot get this to work without also 
passing the time with the date. Supposedly, DateValue is supposed to cut 
out that part of the date, and I even have a Wrox book in which it does 
this! But my querystring always looks like this no matter what I try:

http://www.hopecommunity.net/calendar.aspx?date=4/17/2002%2012:00:00%20AM

What I want is just:

http://www.hopecommunity.net/calendar.aspx?date=4/17/2002

Here is my code:
Dim myDate As Date = DateValue(now())
Dim nextDate as Date = DateValue(DateAdd("m", 1, myDate))
Dim lastDate as Date = DateValue(DateAdd("m", -1, myDate))

And then later in the page I have <a href="<%=myDate%>">This month</a> 
like before.

I suppose I could manipulate the string (cut out the time) on the 
receiving page and then reconvert it to a date with date.parse, but this 
is frustrating me.

Also, when you use an href like <a href="<%=myDate%>">This month</a>, 
does that have to be within a form? I know it will pass the querystring 
info whether or not it's in a form.

Any help appreciated.

Dan

Dan,

	The DateTime has your desired functions built in:

	<a href="calendar.aspx?date=<%=DateTime.Now.Date%>">Click
here</a>

	And no, that doesn't have to be in a form, you can take it out
and save some view state. :)

Minh.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dan McKinnon [mailto:mddonna@q...] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 9:00 PM
To: aspx_beginners
Subject: [aspx_beginners] my hair is getting thin


Hi -

With regular ASP I had a page leading to a calendar page in which I 
passed the current date as a querystring. It was as simple as putting 
this wherever I had the right href:

<a href="<%=date%>">blah</a>

Now that I am 'upgrading' to .NET, I cannot get this to work without
also 
passing the time with the date. Supposedly, DateValue is supposed to cut

out that part of the date, and I even have a Wrox book in which it does 
this! But my querystring always looks like this no matter what I try:

http://www.hopecommunity.net/calendar.aspx?date=4/17/2002%2012:00:00%20A
M

What I want is just:

http://www.hopecommunity.net/calendar.aspx?date=4/17/2002

Here is my code:
Dim myDate As Date = DateValue(now())
Dim nextDate as Date = DateValue(DateAdd("m", 1, myDate))
Dim lastDate as Date = DateValue(DateAdd("m", -1, myDate))

And then later in the page I have <a href="<%=myDate%>">This month</a> 
like before.

I suppose I could manipulate the string (cut out the time) on the 
receiving page and then reconvert it to a date with date.parse, but this

is frustrating me.

Also, when you use an href like <a href="<%=myDate%>">This month</a>, 
does that have to be within a form? I know it will pass the querystring 
info whether or not it's in a form.

Any help appreciated.

Dan

Try <%=myDate.ToShortDateString %>

Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan McKinnon" <mddonna@q...>
To: "aspx_beginners" <aspx_beginners@p...>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 9:00 PM
Subject: [aspx_beginners] my hair is getting thin


> Hi -
>
> With regular ASP I had a page leading to a calendar page in which I
> passed the current date as a querystring. It was as simple as putting
> this wherever I had the right href:
>
> <a href="<%=date%>">blah</a>
>
> Now that I am 'upgrading' to .NET, I cannot get this to work without also
> passing the time with the date. Supposedly, DateValue is supposed to cut
> out that part of the date, and I even have a Wrox book in which it does
> this! But my querystring always looks like this no matter what I try:
>
> http://www.hopecommunity.net/calendar.aspx?date=4/17/2002%2012:00:00%20AM
>
> What I want is just:
>
> http://www.hopecommunity.net/calendar.aspx?date=4/17/2002
>
> Here is my code:
> Dim myDate As Date = DateValue(now())
> Dim nextDate as Date = DateValue(DateAdd("m", 1, myDate))
> Dim lastDate as Date = DateValue(DateAdd("m", -1, myDate))
>
> And then later in the page I have <a href="<%=myDate%>">This month</a>
> like before.
>
> I suppose I could manipulate the string (cut out the time) on the
> receiving page and then reconvert it to a date with date.parse, but this
> is frustrating me.
>
> Also, when you use an href like <a href="<%=myDate%>">This month</a>,
> does that have to be within a form? I know it will pass the querystring
> info whether or not it's in a form.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Dan
>

Thank you so much Minh and Steve -

I got this working finally with your help.

Actually, Minh, <a href="cal.aspx?date?=<%=DateTime.Now.Date%>"> 
ended up sending the time also just like DateValue.

But DateTime.Now.Date.ToShortDateString worked OK.

Minh, I often see your helpful answers on this forum. The company you 
work for is lucky to have you. You are a gentle-spirited guru.

Steve, thanks for ToShortDateString. I looked around in the documentation 
and just didn't see it mentioned. Where can I find this listed?

Long live Wrox forums and ToShortDateString!

Dan

Well, if you use VS.NET, you just start hitting "." and looking at the stuff
that pops up in Intellisense.  Barring that, download Lutz Roeder's
reflector tool from www.aisto.net/roeder and do a search for "date" (or
whatever class you happen to be having problems with), and it will show you
all of its methods and properties.  Works on third-party stuff, too, not
just the framework.

Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan McKinnon" <mddonna@q...>
To: "aspx_beginners" <aspx_beginners@p...>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 1:07 AM
Subject: [aspx_beginners] Re: my hair is getting thin


> Thank you so much Minh and Steve -
>
> I got this working finally with your help.
>
> Actually, Minh, <a href="cal.aspx?date?=<%=DateTime.Now.Date%>">
> ended up sending the time also just like DateValue.
>
> But DateTime.Now.Date.ToShortDateString worked OK.
>
> Minh, I often see your helpful answers on this forum. The company you
> work for is lucky to have you. You are a gentle-spirited guru.
>
> Steve, thanks for ToShortDateString. I looked around in the documentation
> and just didn't see it mentioned. Where can I find this listed?
>
> Long live Wrox forums and ToShortDateString!
>
> Dan
>
>
>
>
>

Hi Steve.  Please double check your url....www.aisto.net/roeder doesn't
work for me.  Thanks a bunch!!

>>> ssmith@a... 04/17 7:06 PM >>>
Well, if you use VS.NET, you just start hitting "." and looking at the
stuff
that pops up in Intellisense.  Barring that, download Lutz Roeder's
reflector tool from www.aisto.net/roeder and do a search for "date"
(or
whatever class you happen to be having problems with), and it will show
you
all of its methods and properties.  Works on third-party stuff, too,
not
just the framework.

Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan McKinnon" <mddonna@q...>
To: "aspx_beginners" <aspx_beginners@p...>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 1:07 AM
Subject: [aspx_beginners] Re: my hair is getting thin


> Thank you so much Minh and Steve -
>
> I got this working finally with your help.
>
> Actually, Minh, <a href="cal.aspx?date?=<%=DateTime.Now.Date%>">
> ended up sending the time also just like DateValue.
>
> But DateTime.Now.Date.ToShortDateString worked OK.
>
> Minh, I often see your helpful answers on this forum. The company
you
> work for is lucky to have you. You are a gentle-spirited guru.
>
> Steve, thanks for ToShortDateString. I looked around in the
documentation
> and just didn't see it mentioned. Where can I find this listed?
>
> Long live Wrox forums and ToShortDateString!
>
> Dan
>
>
>
>
>

>>> ssmith@a... 04/17 7:06 PM >>>
> Well, if you use VS.NET, you just start hitting "." and looking at the
> stuff
> that pops up in Intellisense.  Barring that, download Lutz Roeder's
> reflector tool from www.aisto.net/roeder and do a search for "date"
> (or
> whatever class you happen to be having problems with), and it will show
> you
> all of its methods and properties.  Works on third-party stuff, too,
> not
> just the framework.

I think you may also find this information on the framework by going to
Start... Run... and typing in "WinCV"

_h
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Sorry about the bad url - was going from memory.  Here's the reflector tool,
which IMHO is much better than any of the class browsers included in the
framework:

http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/

Steve


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----- Original Message -----
From: "h. branyan" <hb@t...>
To: "aspx_beginners" <aspx_beginners@p...>
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 10:33 AM
Subject: [aspx_beginners] Re: my hair is getting thin


> >>> ssmith@a... 04/17 7:06 PM >>>
> > Well, if you use VS.NET, you just start hitting "." and looking at the
> > stuff
> > that pops up in Intellisense.  Barring that, download Lutz Roeder's
> > reflector tool from www.aisto.net/roeder and do a search for "date"
> > (or
> > whatever class you happen to be having problems with), and it will show
> > you
> > all of its methods and properties.  Works on third-party stuff, too,
> > not
> > just the framework.
>
> I think you may also find this information on the framework by going to
> Start... Run... and typing in "WinCV"
>
> _h
> --
> http://thermalnoise.net
> AIM: thermalnoise
>
> Style is a fraud. - Willem de Kooning
>
>
>
>