Question

where the image is changed to today’s date in .net/c#

looking to generate the image used for the calendar icon

hoping it’s not too very difficult ??

UPDATE – looking to do this for the desktop/WPF though can take other .net code and change it as needed

sorry for the bother guys, i do biz apps, not good at graphics !

Answer 1

This isn’t exact, but it is close:

<Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:System="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
    <Window.Resources>
        <DataTemplate x:Key="CalendarTemplate">
            <Grid Width="220" Height="220">
                <Grid.Effect>
                    <DropShadowEffect Opacity="0.515" ShadowDepth="8" Direction="278" BlurRadius="28"/>
                </Grid.Effect>
                <Grid.RowDefinitions>
                    <RowDefinition Height="64"/>
                    <RowDefinition/>
                </Grid.RowDefinitions>
                <Border Background="Red" CornerRadius="25,25,0,0" BorderBrush="Gray" BorderThickness="1">
                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding DayOfWeek}" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" Foreground="White" FontSize="32" FontFamily="Arial"/>
                </Border>
                <Border Grid.Row="1" Background="White" BorderBrush="Gray" BorderThickness="1" CornerRadius="0,0,25,25">
                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Day}" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" FontFamily="Arial" FontSize="140" FontWeight="Bold"/>
                </Border>
            </Grid>
        </DataTemplate>
    </Window.Resources>
    <Grid>
        <ContentControl Content="{Binding Source={x:Static System:DateTime.Now}}" ContentTemplate="{DynamicResource CalendarTemplate}"/>
    </Grid>
</Window>