How to set the default date for the Calendar control in FrontPage 2003

When you insert the ActiveX Calendar Control in Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003, the default date is set to the date when the page was created. This article describes two methods to set the default date value for the ActiveX Calendar Control.

Set the Default Date for the Calendar Control with the ActiveX Control Properties

1. Open a Web in FrontPage 2003 on a Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Web server.
2. Open a new blank page.
3. Insert the Calendar Control. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. On the Insert menu, click Web Component.
   2. Under Component type, click Advanced Controls.
   3. Under Choose a control, click ActiveX Control, and then click Next.
   4. Click Calendar Control 11.0, and then click Finish.
4. Right-click the Calendar Control, and then click ActiveX Control Properties.
5. On the General tab, change the Value box to the date that you want as the default date, and then click OK.
   
   Note The ActiveX Control Properties dialog box contains many other options and parameters that you can change to customize the Calendar Control.

Set the Default Date for the Calendar Control by Using ASP

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1. Open a Web in FrontPage 2003 on an Internet Information Services (IIS) Web server.
2. Open a new blank page.
3. Insert the Calendar Control. To do this, follow these steps:
   1. On the Insert menu, click Web Component.
   2. Under Component type, click Advanced Controls.
   3. Under Choose a control, click ActiveX Control, and then click Next.
   4. Click Calendar Control 11.0, and then click Finish.
4. Click Code (Show Code View) to view the HTML code for your Web page.
5. Find the section of code that is similar to this:

   <param name="Year" value="2003">
   <param name="Month" value="10">
   <param name="Day" value="5">
   

   Change the code to look similar to this:

   <param name="Year" value="<%=Year(Date())%>">
   <param name="Month" value="<%=Month(Date())%>">
   <param name="Day" value="<%=Day(Date())%>">
   

6. Click Design (Show Design View).
7. On the File menu, click Save As and save your page with the ASP extension.

When you locate the page by using HTTP, the ASP code automatically creates the default date based on the current date.