Creating your own calendar in VB.NET

Submitted by donbermoy on Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 23:06.
This is a tutorial that will teach you how to create and design your own calendar using vb.net. Now, let's start this tutorial! 1. Let's start with creating a Windows Form Application for this tutorial by following the following steps in Microsoft Visual Studio: Go to File, click New Project, and choose Windows Application. 2. Next, add a Label named labelMonth for displaying the month, in label, combobox named comboMonth to display the Month, textbox named textBoxYear for the year, panel named panel1 for displaying the days, 3 buttons named button1 for displaying next date, button2 for displaying the previous date, and buttonGo for searching the desired date. You must design your interface like this: output 3. Now, we will do the coding. First, declare the variables below. 
  1.     Dim lblDayz As Label
  2.     Dim y As Int32 = 0
  3.     Dim x As Int32
  4.     Dim ndayz As Int32
  5.     Dim Dayofweek, CurrentCulture As String
Next, we will code for our Form_Load to display the current date. 
  1.     Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
  2.         'display the current month
  3.         comboBoxMonth.Text = DateTime.Now.Month.ToString()
  4.         'Get there windows culture
  5.         CurrentCulture = Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Name
  6.         'display the full name of the current month
  7.         labelMonth.Text = Application.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.GetMonthName(Convert.ToInt32(comboBoxMonth.Text))
  8.         'get the number of days in the selected month and year
  9.         My.Application.ChangeCulture("en-za")
  10.         Dim Dayz As Int32 = DateTime.DaysInMonth(DateTime.Now.Year, DateTime.Now.Month)
  11.         'display the current year in the textbox
  12.         textBoxYear.Text = DateTime.Now.Year.ToString()
  13.         'call the checkday function
  14.         CheckDay()
  15.         For i As Int32 = 1 To Dayz
  16.             ndayz += 1
  17.             lblDayz = New Label()
  18.             lblDayz.Name = "B" & i
  19.             lblDayz.Text = i.ToString()
  20.             lblDayz.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.Fixed3D
  21.             If i = DateTime.Now.Day Then
  22.                 lblDayz.BackColor = Color.Green
  23.             ElseIf ndayz = 1 Then
  24.                 lblDayz.BackColor = Color.Red
  25.             Else
  26.                 lblDayz.BackColor = Color.Aquamarine
  27.             End If
  28.             lblDayz.Font = label31.Font
  29.             lblDayz.SetBounds(x, y, 37, 27)
  30.             x += 42
  31.             If ndayz = 7 Then
  32.                 x = 0
  33.                 ndayz = 0
  34.                 y += 29
  35.             End If
  36.             panel1.Controls.Add(lblDayz)
  37.         Next
  38.         'return all values to default
  39.         x = 0
  40.         ndayz = 0
  41.         y = 0
  42.     End Sub
Then we will create a function named CheckDay() As Int32 to check if the given day is valid or not. 
  1.    Function CheckDay() As Int32
  2.         Dim time As DateTime = Convert.ToDateTime(comboBoxMonth.Text + "/01/" + textBoxYear.Text)
  3.         'get the start day of the week for the entered date and month
  4.         Dayofweek = Application.CurrentCulture.Calendar.GetDayOfWeek(time).ToString()
  5.         If Dayofweek = "Sunday" Then
  6.             x = 0
  7.         ElseIf Dayofweek = "Monday" Then
  8.             x = 0 + 42
  9.             ndayz = 1
  10.         ElseIf Dayofweek = "Tuesday" Then
  11.             x = 0 + 84
  12.             ndayz = 2
  13.         ElseIf Dayofweek = "Wednesday" Then
  14.             x = 0 + 84 + 42
  15.             ndayz = 3
  16.         ElseIf Dayofweek = "Thursday" Then
  17.             x = 0 + 84 + 84
  18.             ndayz = 4
  19.         ElseIf Dayofweek = "Friday" Then
  20.             x = 0 + 84 + 84 + 42
  21.             ndayz = 5
  22.         ElseIf Dayofweek = "Saturday" Then
  23.             x = 0 + 84 + 84 + 84
  24.             ndayz = 6
  25.         End If
  26.         Return x
  27.  
  28.     End Function
Next, we will go for coding the searching button then we will use the Function CheckDay() for this to validate the inputted date. 
  1.     Private Sub buttonGo_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles buttonGo.Click
  2.         If comboBoxMonth.Text = Nothing Or textBoxYear.Text = Nothing Then
  3.             MessageBox.Show("Either year or month is incorrect")
  4.         Else
  5.             Try
  6.                 Dim t As Int32 = Convert.ToInt32(textBoxYear.Text)
  7.                 If Not textBoxYear.Text = "0" Or t < 1 Then
  8.                     'remove all the controls in the panel
  9.                     panel1.Controls.Clear()
  10.                     My.Application.ChangeCulture(CurrentCulture)
  11.                     'display the selected month's fullname
  12.                     labelMonth.Text = Application.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.GetMonthName(Convert.ToInt32(comboBoxMonth.Text))
  13.                     My.Application.ChangeCulture("en-za")
  14.                     Dim Dayz As Int32 = DateTime.DaysInMonth(Convert.ToInt32(textBoxYear.Text), Convert.ToInt32(comboBoxMonth.Text))
  15.                     CheckDay()
  16.                     For i As Int32 = 1 To Dayz
  17.                         ndayz += 1
  18.                         lblDayz = New Label()
  19.                         lblDayz.Text = i.ToString()
  20.                         lblDayz.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.Fixed3D
  21.                         Dim mon As Int32 = Convert.ToInt32(comboBoxMonth.Text)
  22.                         Dim years As Int32 = Convert.ToInt32(textBoxYear.Text)
  23.                         If ((i = DateTime.Now.Day) And (mon = DateTime.Now.Month) And (years = DateTime.Now.Year)) Then
  24.                             'the current day must be highlighted differently
  25.                             lblDayz.BackColor = Color.Green
  26.                         ElseIf ndayz = 1 Then
  27.                             lblDayz.BackColor = Color.Red
  28.                         Else
  29.                             'set this color for other days in the selected month
  30.                             lblDayz.BackColor = Color.Aquamarine
  31.                         End If
  32.                         lblDayz.Font = label31.Font
  33.                         lblDayz.SetBounds(x, y, 37, 27)
  34.                         x += 42
  35.                         If ndayz = 7 Then
  36.                             x = 0
  37.                             ndayz = 0
  38.                             y += 29
  39.                         End If
  40.                         panel1.Controls.Add(lblDayz)
  41.                     Next
  42.                     x = 0
  43.                     ndayz = 0
  44.                     y = 0
  45.                 Else
  46.                     MessageBox.Show("must be between 0 and 9999")
  47.                     textBoxYear.Focus()
  48.                 End If
  49.             Catch er As FormatException
  50.                 MessageBox.Show("Year must be between 0 and 9999")
  51.                 textBoxYear.Focus()
  52.             End Try
  53.         End If
  54.     End Sub
For displaying the next date, we will code for Button1_click. Have this code below: 
  1.     Private Sub button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles button1.Click
  2.         Try
  3.             Dim currentmonth, currentyear As Int32
  4.             currentyear = Convert.ToInt32(textBoxYear.Text)
  5.             currentmonth = Convert.ToInt32(comboBoxMonth.Text)
  6.             If (currentmonth = 12) Then
  7.                 'move to the next month
  8.                 currentyear += 1
  9.                 currentmonth = 1
  10.                 textBoxYear.Text = currentyear.ToString()
  11.                 comboBoxMonth.Text = currentmonth.ToString()
  12.             Else
  13.                 currentmonth += 1
  14.                 comboBoxMonth.Text = currentmonth.ToString()
  15.             End If
  16.             'remove all the controls in the panel
  17.             panel1.Controls.Clear()
  18.             'Display the month's name in the windows culture
  19.             My.Application.ChangeCulture(CurrentCulture)
  20.             'display the selected month's fullname
  21.             labelMonth.Text = Application.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.GetMonthName(currentmonth)
  22.             'This project was created in a computer using en-za
  23.             My.Application.ChangeCulture("en-za")
  24.             Dim Dayz As Int32 = DateTime.DaysInMonth(Convert.ToInt32(textBoxYear.Text), Convert.ToInt32(comboBoxMonth.Text))
  25.             CheckDay()
  26.             For i As Int32 = 1 To Dayz
  27.                 ndayz += 1
  28.                 lblDayz = New Label()
  29.                 lblDayz.Text = i.ToString()
  30.                 lblDayz.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.Fixed3D
  31.                 Dim mon As Int32 = Convert.ToInt32(comboBoxMonth.Text)
  32.                 Dim years As Int32 = Convert.ToInt32(textBoxYear.Text)
  33.                 If ((i = DateTime.Now.Day) And (mon = DateTime.Now.Month) And (years = DateTime.Now.Year)) Then
  34.                     'the current day must be highlighted differently
  35.                     lblDayz.BackColor = Color.Green
  36.                 ElseIf (ndayz = 1) Then
  37.                     lblDayz.BackColor = Color.Red
  38.                 Else
  39.                     'set this color for other days in the selected month
  40.                     lblDayz.BackColor = Color.Aquamarine
  41.                 End If
  42.                 lblDayz.Font = label31.Font
  43.                 lblDayz.SetBounds(x, y, 37, 27)
  44.                 x += 42
  45.                 If (ndayz = 7) Then
  46.                     x = 0
  47.                     ndayz = 0
  48.                     y += 29
  49.                 End If
  50.                 panel1.Controls.Add(lblDayz)
  51.             Next
  52.             x = 0
  53.             ndayz = 0
  54.             y = 0
  55.         Catch et As FormatException
  56.             MessageBox.Show("Invalid date has been entered")
  57.             textBoxYear.Focus()
  58.         Catch ex As NullReferenceException
  59.             MessageBox.Show("Invalid date has been entered")
  60.             textBoxYear.Focus()
  61.         End Try
  62.     End Sub
For displaying the previous date, we will code for Button2_click. Have this code below: 
  1.     Private Sub button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles button2.Click
  2.         Try
  3.             Dim currentmonth, currentyear As Int32
  4.             currentyear = Convert.ToInt32(textBoxYear.Text)
  5.             currentmonth = Convert.ToInt32(comboBoxMonth.Text)
  6.             If currentmonth = 1 Then
  7.                 'go to the previous month
  8.                 currentyear -= 1
  9.                 'go to the last month
  10.                 currentmonth = 12
  11.                 textBoxYear.Text = currentyear.ToString()
  12.                 comboBoxMonth.Text = currentmonth.ToString()
  13.             Else
  14.                 'go to the previous month
  15.                 currentmonth -= 1
  16.                 comboBoxMonth.Text = currentmonth.ToString()
  17.             End If
  18.             'remove all the controls in the panel
  19.             panel1.Controls.Clear()
  20.  
  21.             My.Application.ChangeCulture(CurrentCulture)
  22.             'display the selected month's fullname
  23.             labelMonth.Text = Application.CurrentCulture.DateTimeFormat.GetMonthName(currentmonth)
  24.             My.Application.ChangeCulture("en-za")
  25.             Dim Dayz As Int32 = DateTime.DaysInMonth(Convert.ToInt32(textBoxYear.Text), Convert.ToInt32(comboBoxMonth.Text))
  26.             CheckDay()
  27.             For i As Int32 = 1 To Dayz
  28.                 ndayz += 1
  29.                 lblDayz = New Label()
  30.                 lblDayz.Text = i.ToString()
  31.                 lblDayz.BorderStyle = BorderStyle.Fixed3D
  32.                 Dim mon As Int32 = Convert.ToInt32(comboBoxMonth.Text)
  33.                 Dim years As Int32 = Convert.ToInt32(textBoxYear.Text)
  34.                 If ((i = DateTime.Now.Day) And (mon = DateTime.Now.Month) And (years = DateTime.Now.Year)) Then
  35.                     'the current day must be highlighted differently
  36.                     lblDayz.BackColor = Color.Green
  37.                 ElseIf ndayz = 1 Then
  38.                     'highlight the sunday's in red color
  39.                     lblDayz.BackColor = Color.Red
  40.                 Else
  41.                     'set this color for other days in the selected month
  42.                     lblDayz.BackColor = Color.Aquamarine
  43.                 End If
  44.                 lblDayz.Font = label31.Font
  45.                 lblDayz.SetBounds(x, y, 37, 27)
  46.                 x += 42
  47.                 If (ndayz = 7) Then
  48.                     x = 0
  49.                     ndayz = 0
  50.                     y += 29
  51.                 End If
  52.                 panel1.Controls.Add(lblDayz)
  53.             Next
  54.             x = 0
  55.             ndayz = 0
  56.             y = 0
  57.         Catch er As FormatException
  58.             MessageBox.Show("Invalid date has been entered")
  59.             textBoxYear.Focus()
  60.         Catch ex As NullReferenceException
  61.             MessageBox.Show("Invalid date has been entered")
  62.             textBoxYear.Focus()
  63.         End Try
  64.     End Sub

Output:

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Submitted byJuan Mamani (not verified)on Wed, 12/30/2015 - 03:23

Thanks for sharing your code. I adapted it to my requirements. It's cool man. Like old days handy tools. Thanks! Regards JUAN
Submitted byAhyen (not verified)on Wed, 08/31/2016 - 13:34

i want to enlarge the calendar days, but the first line of days (row) was aligned to center. how can i adjust it? because it doesn't align to the days header. hope u understand. Can't attach photo here.
Submitted byRinkesh (not verified)on Thu, 06/21/2018 - 12:31

I wan,t source code

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