PLZ hELP ME IN.....DATE COMPARISON!

[seanlaw]

Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load

Dim dt As New Date

If dt.Day() <= 16 Then

MsgBox("allow")

ElseIf dt.Day() >= 17 Then
MsgBox("disallow")

Else
Label1.Text = "error"
End If
Im the beginner for the asp.net .
I would like to allow user to view the results before 16/mm/yyyy and disallow when the date is reached after 17/mm/yyyy.....
but when i write this code in the page load.....all the msgbox i get is ("allow") althougt the date is reached after 17/mm/yyyy.....
pls help me. to solve this problem.....!

[Phil Weber]

Well, first of all, you cannot display a MsgBox in ASP.NET. ASP.NET code runs on the Web server, so users of your site would not be able to see a MsgBox. Generally, you would use a Literal or some other control on the page to display a message to the user.

You are creating a new variable of type Date, but I don't see where you assign a value to it. Which date do you want to compare to 16 or 17? Today's date? Or a date that's passed in from the Web page?

[pclement]

Your Date variable has not been initialized. Instead try:

dt.Now.Day

[seanlaw]

thanks phil weber and pclement!

i already solved my problem.

But i still got 1 question as below:
if msgbox can't use.....
so what is the best way to prompt the message instead of using msgbox?

[supratim]

Try out this one..
if you are using a button to check your code try applying this..
Since I am using C# the code goes like this
in page load event
Button1.OnClientClick = String.Format("return alert('your custom message')");

now when you'll click on the button.. you'll see a message box..
Have fun
Happy coding...