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Dixie: I want to find out if it is possible to have a Date Picker Control based on a Combo Box. Please look at the image that I have attached (second post). Are you still confused?

Ken: Thanks for your example. I need some time to look at and I will let you know a.s.a.p.

@Dixie: thanks for the example, but it is not exactly what I had in mind.

Maybe it is not possible to create a date picker based on a combo box.
Can a date picker can be made through a custom control?

Hi Dixie,

Thanks for your response.

I tried to open the calendar stack using a combo box and the “Use stack panel” property. When I press the combo box the calendar appears. Perfect.
When I try to select a day nothing happens. Or when I try to switch through the months and years the calendar ...

I noticed a lack of response, so I presume that my question was not obvious enough.

I would like to know if it is possible to use a default date picker (as in MS Visual Studio).
I've tried a few things, but without success. Can anyone help me further away?

Thanks,
Mark

Is it just me or does LiveCode not have a standard DTP Control based on a Combo Box?

First of all: Happy new year everybody!

@mwieder: you are right about "to have a convention and stick to it". Thanks for your response. It was very clarifying.

Thanks everybody for your comments. I really appreciate it. :)

@Klaus: Groetjes terug uit Nederland.

@qberty: good suggestion about using binfile

@mwieder: your solution does 99% what I had in mind! Apparently I overestimated LiveCode, because I thought it was possible with one line of code ...

Thanks Jean-Marc for your welcome and response.

OK. I have created a file called Dutch.lng with the following data (tab separated):

uName Naam
uAge Leeftijd

I found out how to import this data into a field:
put URL "file:C:/Users/Mark/Desktop/Dutch.lng" into field "txtField"

But my goal was to ...

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