How to manage time display and validation in GridGroupingControl

[Mariusz Juszkiewicz]

One of the fields in my application requires time input (DateTime). I have tried different cell types: MaskEdit, MonthCalendar, and simple textbox but cannot succeed with solution that I want. With MonthCalendar I use

gGCProposals.TableDescriptor.Columns["ProposalDueTime"].Appearance.AnyRecordFieldCell.CellType = GridCellTypeName.MonthCalendar;
gGCProposals.TableDescriptor.Columns["ProposalDueTime"].Appearance.AnyRecordFieldCell.Format = "HH:mm";

however, there is no way to stop the dropdown calendar.

With MaskEdit:

gGCProposals.TableDescriptor.Columns["ProposalDueTime"].Appearance.AnyRecordFieldCell.CellType = GridCellTypeName.MaskEdit;
gGCProposals.TableDescriptor.Columns["ProposalDueTime"].Appearance.AnyRecordFieldCell.MaskEdit = GridMaskEditInfo.Default;
gGCProposals.TableDescriptor.Columns["ProposalDueTime"].Appearance.AnyRecordFieldCell.MaskEdit.Mask = "hh:mm ??";

however, I cannot save into DateTime type.

Does anyone know how to implement for example sfDateTimeEdit with it's DateTime pattern of short time or somthing similar?

[Arulraj A]

Hi Mariusz, 

Thanks for using Syncfusion product. 

Query	Solution
there is no way to stop the dropdown calendar	To hide the drop down for month calendar, you could use the ShowButtons property. Please refer the following code example.  C#  this.gridGroupingControl1.TableDescriptor.Columns["Date"].Appearance.AnyRecordFieldCell.ShowButtons = GridShowButtons.Hide;
I cannot save into DateTime type	In mask edit cell type is string format. So, you are unbale to get the exact date. So, we could suggest to use above one.

Sample link: http://www.syncfusion.com/downloads/support/directtrac/general/ze/CS1018115764  

Regards, 

Arulraj A