Released on = January 1, 2007, 2:46 pm

Press Release Author = Eclipse Web Solutions

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = Easy-to-use ASP.NET DatePicker Control

Press Release Body = When developing enterprise ASP.NET applications it is common to
require the input of dates. The two solutions provided by .NET and Visual Studio out
of the box; using a textbox with validation and using a calendar control, are both
flawed. A textbox leaves too much scope for the user to make a mistake with data
entry. Should the 15th of January be written \'15/1/06\', \'15/01/06\', \'15/01/2006\', or
\'1/15/06\'? Some users need to have a calendar to allow them to pick the correct date
without regard to formatting.

However, for power users this can become much to slow, and the calendar control
consumes too much precious screen realestate. The power user is capable of learing
the acceptable date formats and would prefer to be able to enter the date in a
textbox. This is also good for data entry, where the user does not want to have to
leave the keyboard to use the mouse to pick a date.

What is needed is a custom control to combine the best of both worlds. It must allow
power users to type a date in a textbox, and it must allow other users to select a
date using a calendar control. Most importantly, it should seemlessly allow users to
employ a combination of these two approaches.

The Eclipse Web Solutions ASP.NET DatePicker control combines a textbox and a
calendar, to support both novice and power users. If the user expands the calendar
it displays on a higher layer, so it does not affect the layout of the page. The
control features inbuilt automatic validation and is amazingly simple to use. It
also works seemlessly with Microsoft AJAX.



Web Site =
http://www.eclipsewebsolutions.com.au/Products/DatePickerControl/tabid/56/Default.aspx


Contact Details = Address: 20 Wooloowin Avenue, Wooloowin
Australia

Phone Number: 61 07 3102 3368
Email: liam@eclipsewebsolutions.com.au