<TITLE>dateentry - Create and manipulate a dateentry widget</TITLE>
<H1>dateentry - Create and manipulate a dateentry widget</H1>

</pre><H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>dateentry<I> <I>pathName </I>?<I>options</I>?
</pre><H2>INHERITANCE</H2>
itk::Widget &lt;- LabeledWidget &lt;- Datefield &lt;- Dateentry
</pre><H2>STANDARD OPTIONS</H2>
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<B>background</B><br>
<B>foreground</B><br>
<B>justify</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>borderWidth</B><br>
<B>highlightColor</B><br>
<B>relief</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>cursor</B><br>
<B>highlightThickness</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>exportSelection</B><br>
<B>insertBackground</B><br>
</td>
</table>
<P>
See the <A HREF="http://www.sco.com/Technology/tcl/man/tk_man/options.n.html"> "options" </A> manual entry for details on the standard options.
</pre><H2>INHERITED OPTIONS</H2>
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<B>disabledForeground</B><br>
<B>labelMargin</B><br>
<B>state</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>labelBitmap</B><br>
<B>labelPos</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>labelFont</B><br>
<B>labelText</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>labelImage</B><br>
<B>labelVariable</B><br>
</td>
</table>
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See the <A HREF="labeledwidget.n.html"> "labeledwidget" </A> class manual entry for details on these
inherited options.
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<B>command</B><br>
<B>textFont</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>int</B><br>
<B>iq</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>state</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>textBackground</B><br>
</td>
</table>
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See the "datefield" class manual entry for details on these
inherited options.
</pre><H2>ASSOCIATED OPTIONS</H2>
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<B>backwardImage</B><br>
<B>dateFont</B><br>
<B>outline</B><br>
<B>titleFont</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>buttonForeground</B><br>
<B>dayFont</B><br>
<B>selectColor</B><br>
<B>weekdayBackground</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>command</B><br>
<B>days</B><br>
<B>selectThickness</B><br>
<B>weekendBackground</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>currentDateFont</B><br>
<B>forwardImage</B><br>
<B>startDay</B><br>
</td>
</table>
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See the "calendar" manual entry for details on the associated options.
</pre><H2>WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS</H2>
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Name:                   <B>grab</B>
Class:                  <B>Grab</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-grab</B>
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<UL>
Specifies the grab level, <B>local</B> or <B>global</B>, to be obtained before 
bringing up the popup calendar.  The default is global.  For more information
concerning grab levels, consult the documentation for Tk's <B>grab</B> command.
</UL>
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Name:                   <B>icon</B>
Class:                  <B>Icon</B>
Command-Line Switch:	<B>-icon</B>
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<UL>
Specifies the calendar icon image to be used in the dateentry.  
This image must have been created previously with 
the <B>image create</B> command.  Should one not be provided, 
then one will be generated, pixmap if possible, bitmap otherwise.
</UL>
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</pre><H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
<P>
The <B>dateentry</B> command creates a quicken style date entry field 
with a popup calendar by combining the datefield and calendar 
widgets together.  This allows a user to enter the date via the 
keyboard or by using the mouse and selecting the calendar icon 
which brings up a popup calendar.
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</pre><H2>METHODS</H2>
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The <B>dateentry</B> command creates a new Tcl command whose
name is <I>pathName</I>.  This
command may be used to invoke various
operations on the widget.  It has the following general form:
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<I>pathName option </I>?<I>arg arg ...</I>?
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<I>Option</I> and the <I>arg</I>s
determine the exact behavior of the command.  The following
commands are possible for dateentry widgets:
</pre><H2>INHERITED METHODS</H2>
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<B>get</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>isvalid</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
<B>show</B><br>
</td>
<td valign=top>
</td>
</table>
<P>
See the "datefield" manual entry for details on the associated methods.
</pre><H2>WIDGET-SPECIFIC METHODS</H2>
<DL>
<DT> <I>pathName <B>cget</B> <I>option</I>
</I></B>
<DD> Returns the current value of the configuration option given
by <I>option</I>.
<I>Option</I> may have any of the values accepted by the <B>dateentry</B>
command.
</DL>
<DL>
<DT> <I>pathName</I> <B>configure</B> ?<I>option</I>? ?<I>value option value ...</I>?
</I></B>
<DD> Query or modify the configuration options of the widget.
If no <I>option</I> is specified, returns a list describing all of
the available options for <I>pathName</I> (see <B>Tk_ConfigureInfo</B> for
information on the format of this list).  If <I>option</I> is specified
with no <I>value</I>, then the command returns a list describing the
one named option (this list will be identical to the corresponding
sublist of the value returned if no <I>option</I> is specified).  If
one or more <I>option-value</I> pairs are specified, then the command
modifies the given widget option(s) to have the given value(s);  in
this case the command returns an empty string.
<I>Option</I> may have any of the values accepted by the <B>dateentry</B>
command.

</DL>
</pre><H2>COMPONENTS</H2>
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Name:                   <B>label</B>
Class:                  <B>Label</B>
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<UL>
The label component provides a label component to used to identify the date.
See the "label" widget manual entry for details on the label component item.
</UL>
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Name:                   <B>iconbutton</B>
Class:                  <B>Label</B>
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<UL>
The iconbutton component provides a labelbutton component to act as a 
lightweight button
displaying the calendar icon.  Upon pressing the labelbutton, the calendar
appears.  See the "label" widget manual entry for details on the 
labelbutton component item.
</UL>
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Name:                   <B>date</B>
Class:                  <B>Entry</B>
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<UL>
The date component provides the entry field for date input and display.
See the <A HREF="http://www.sco.com/Technology/tcl/man/tk_man/entry.n.html"> "entry" </A> widget manual entry for details on the date component item.
</UL>
</table>

</pre><H2>EXAMPLE</H2>
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 dateentry .de
 pack .de
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</pre><H2>AUTHOR</H2>
Mark L. Ulferts
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</pre><H2>KEYWORDS</H2>
dateentry, widget