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Calendar.DayNameFormat Property

.NET Framework 4

Other Versions

Gets or sets the name format for days of the week.

Namespace: System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

Syntax

C++

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public DayNameFormat DayNameFormat { get; set; }

ASP.NET

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<asp:Calendar DayNameFormat="DayNameFormat" />

Property Value

Type: System.Web.UI.WebControls.DayNameFormat
One of the DayNameFormat values. The default value is Short.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	The specified day name format is not one of the DayNameFormat values.

Remarks

Use the DayNameFormat property to specify the name format for the days of the week. This property is set with one of the DayNameFormat enumeration values. You can specify whether the days of the week are displayed as the full name, short (abbreviated) name, first letter of the day, or first two letters of the day.

This property applies only if the ShowDayHeader property is set to true.

The day names are based on the server's local settings.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use the DayNameFormat property to specify that days of the week are displayed in full.

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<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title>Calendar Example</title>
</head>
<body>

   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>Calendar Example</h3>

      <asp:Calendar id="calendar1" runat="server"
           ShowDayHeader="True"
           DayNameFormat="Full"/>

   </form>


</body>
</html>

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<%@ Page Language="C#"%>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head runat="server">
    <title> Calendar DayNameFormat Example </title>
</head>
<body>
   <form id="form1" runat="server">

     <h3> Calendar DayNameFormat Example </h3>

     <asp:Calendar id="Calendar1"
       daynameformat="Shortest"
       runat="server"/>

    </form>
  </body>
</html>

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

Calendar Class

System.Web.UI.WebControls Namespace

DayNameFormat

ShowDayHeader

Other Resources

Calendar Web Server Control Overview

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