B4J Question non modal Date Picker

[a n g l o]

it's the first time i'm dealing with Date Picker in b4j.
i need a non modal calendar view that fires events when selection changes.

the standard Date Picker can be OK if it can be just be started and remains in open calendar mode.
as i see it it's not (because it was designed just to pick a date).
Question no 1 : is there a way to programatically press the button that opens it to that mode ???
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i've also checked the combination of the Date Picker with B4XDialog+B4XDateTemplate.
it's better only in opening right to calendar mode without needing to press a button,
but still, it's modal and close after date selection.
i can start it up again right in the DialogResponse event, but then there's a blinking issue (close and reOpen)
Question no 2 : is there a way to have it non modal, still firing change events ?

Thank you

 

[TILogistic]

see:

[B4X] [XUI] AnotherDatePicker

Edit: don't use this library. Use B4XDialog + B4XDateTemplate from XUI Views library instead. This is a cross platform version of AnotherDatePicker custom view based on XUI library. Designer properties: The user can enter the date directly into the field. The field border color will...

www.b4x.com

DateTimePicker View

DateTimePicker view is based on the CustomListView and snapCLV with a design similar to the ios datetime picker. This view has only been tested in B4A, it is not very useful in B4i since for ios the built-in picker is better. 1. Add the module and layout to your project (attached...

www.b4x.com

etc.

 

[Erel]

i've also checked the combination of the Date Picker with B4XDialog+B4XDateTemplate.
it's better only in opening right to calendar mode without needing to press a button,
but still, it's modal and close after date selection.

It is not really modal. B4XDialogs will never stop other code from running.

B4XDateTemplate doesn't raise events. It won't be difficult to extract the class from XUI Views.b4xlib, rename it and create your own version that does raise events.

 

[a n g l o]

Thanks Erel ! as you advised, i've extracted the file "B4XDateTemplate.bas" and i'll give it a try.
Thank You.