How to get the selected date of a MonthCalendar control in C#

MonthCalendar is one of the most important calendar control. This control is used for selecting the date and range of the date. 

In my previous article I have show you Create MDI Form in C# | C# MDI Form . For opening the MDI form in windows application refer the article Open For MDI Parent Using C#.Net and VB.Net. For opening a command prompt on button click of the application is as follows How to Open Command Prompt Using C#.net.

So in this article I will show you how you can use the MonthCalender in your windows application and how you can display the selected date in textbox control.

Now for this article first we will create a new windowsapplication add the below code.

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Drawing; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Collections; namespace ProjectDemo_Windows {     public partial class Form1 : Form     {         public Form1()         {             InitializeComponent();         }         private void monthCalendar1_DateChanged(object sender, DateRangeEventArgs e)         {             textBox1.Text = monthCalendar1.SelectionRange.Start.ToShortDateString();         }     } }

In above code please check he bold part of the code. In this I have assign the selected value of the date to the textbox control.

Now run the application for desired output.