I am using the standard Calendar control in ASP.Net 2.0 and VB.Net and VS2005.

Here is the code:

<asp:calendar id="cldr_contract_date" runat="server" backcolor="#ffffff"
width="250px" height="200px" font-size="12px" font-names="Arial"
borderwidth="2px" bordercolor="#000000" nextprevformat="shortmonth"
daynameformat="firsttwoletters" OnSelectionChanged="cldr_SelectionChanged">
    <titlestyle font-size="14px" font-bold="true" borderwidth="2px"
forecolor="#000055" />
    <dayheaderstyle font-size="12px" font-bold="true" />
    <todaydaystyle backcolor="#D3D3D3" forecolor="#ffffff" />
    <selecteddaystyle backcolor="#000000" forecolor="#ffffff" />   
    <nextprevstyle font-size="12px" font-bold="true" forecolor="#333333" />
    <othermonthdaystyle forecolor="#cccccc" />
</asp:calendar>

My question revolves around the ability of the user to select a month or
year that is a long length of time from the default date.

For example, the default date that is displayed on the calendar is today.
The user wants to select a day that is 3 years prior to today.

Right now, it appears that the only way that the user can select that
3-years-prior date is to continually click the previous month link until he
gets to 3 years ago. That is 36 clicks and it is no surprise that the user is
not happy having to do that.

Is there a way to configure the Calendar control to where the user can
select the year (and even month) without so many clicks?

If the answer is no, could anyone recommend another flexible third-party
calendar control that integrates well with VS2005 and VB.Net?

TIA

Here's a code sample that shows how to change the year easily with the
calendar (from ASPNet101.com):
http://aspnet101.com/aspnet101/aspnet/codesample.aspx?code=changeyear

OnSelectionChanged="cldr_SelectionChanged">
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I started with the example url from the first reply, and it did some things great, but the calendar included days from the previous and next months and the drop down lists did not seem to update correctly when those days were selected. I am a newbie to .Net, but here is what I came up with: aspx file <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center">     <tr valign="top">         <td colspan="2" align="left">             <asp:Label ID="lblDate" runat="server" Text="" />         </td>     </tr>     <tr valign="top">         <td align="left">             <asp:DropDownList ID="drpMonthCal" runat="server" AutoPostBack="True" OnSelectedIndexChanged="drpCalMonth_SelectedIndexChanged" Width="101px" />         </td>         <td align="left">             <asp:DropDownList ID="drpYearCal" runat="server" AutoPostBack="True" OnSelectedIndexChanged="drpCalYear_SelectedIndexChanged" Width="104px" />         </td>     </tr>     <tr valign="top">         <td colspan="2" align="center">             <asp:Calendar ID="calSource" runat="server" BackColor="#FFFFCC"                 BorderColor="#FFCC66" BorderWidth="1px" DayNameFormat="Shortest"                 Font-Names="Verdana" Font-Size="8pt" ForeColor="#663399" Height="200px"                 ShowGridLines="True" Width="220px" OnSelectionChanged="calSource_SelectionChanged">             <SelectedDayStyle BackColor="#FFCC66" />                 <TodayDayStyle ForeColor="#CC9966" />                 <SelectorStyle BackColor="#FFCC66" />                 <OtherMonthDayStyle ForeColor="#CC9966" />                 <NextPrevStyle Font-Size="9pt" ForeColor="#FFFFCC" />                 <DayHeaderStyle BackColor="#FFCC66" Font-Bold="True" Height="1px" />                 <TitleStyle BackColor="#990000" Font-Bold="True"                     Font-Size="9pt" ForeColor="#FFFFCC" />             </asp:Calendar>         </td>     </tr> </table> [b:c30d324379].cs file[/b:c30d324379] <%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Pop/PopMasterPage.master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Calendar.aspx.cs" Inherits="Pop_Calendar" Title="Mission Beach Volleyball - Calendar" %> <asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="PopContentPlaceHolder" Runat="Server"> <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center">     <tr valign="top">         <td colspan="2" align="left">             <asp:Label ID="lblDate" runat="server" Text="" />         </td>     </tr>     <tr valign="top">         <td align="left">             <asp:DropDownList ID="drpMonthCal" runat="server" AutoPostBack="True" OnSelectedIndexChanged="drpCalMonth_SelectedIndexChanged" Width="101px" />         </td>         <td align="left">             <asp:DropDownList ID="drpYearCal" runat="server" AutoPostBack="True" OnSelectedIndexChanged="drpCalYear_SelectedIndexChanged" Width="104px" />         </td>     </tr>     <tr valign="top">         <td colspan="2" align="center">             <asp:Calendar ID="calSource" runat="server" BackColor="#FFFFCC"                 BorderColor="#FFCC66" BorderWidth="1px" DayNameFormat="Shortest"                 Font-Names="Verdana" Font-Size="8pt" ForeColor="#663399" Height="200px"                 ShowGridLines="True" Width="220px" OnSelectionChanged="calSource_SelectionChanged">             <SelectedDayStyle BackColor="#FFCC66" />                 <TodayDayStyle ForeColor="#CC9966" />                 <SelectorStyle BackColor="#FFCC66" />                 <OtherMonthDayStyle ForeColor="#CC9966" />                 <NextPrevStyle Font-Size="9pt" ForeColor="#FFFFCC" />                 <DayHeaderStyle BackColor="#FFCC66" Font-Bold="True" Height="1px" />                 <TitleStyle BackColor="#990000" Font-Bold="True"                     Font-Size="9pt" ForeColor="#FFFFCC" />             </asp:Calendar>         </td>     </tr> </table> </asp:Content> I hope it helps. ---------------------------------- http://community.ihostasp.net ASP.NET Developer Community

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