datepicer: how to set date from textbox as current date?

datepicer: how to set date from textbox as current date?

Hi,

i have a asp.net project in vb and i want that the selected date in datepicker is the date from a textbox in a detailsview control when the mode changed to edit.
i am very new to jquery so any detailed help would be appreciated :)

this is my code so far
[code]
<link href="../Content/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

    <!--<link href=" http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" rel="Stylesheet" type="text/css" />-->
   
   
   
    <script type="text/javascript">
        jQuery(function ($) {
            $.datepicker.regional['de'] = {
                clearText: 'löschen', clearStatus: 'aktuelles Datum löschen',
                closeText: 'schließen', closeStatus: 'ohne Änderungen schließen',
                prevText: '<zurück', prevStatus: 'letzten Monat zeigen',
                nextText: 'Vor>', nextStatus: 'nächsten Monat zeigen',
                currentText: 'heute', currentStatus: '',
                monthNames: ['Januar', 'Februar', 'März', 'April', 'Mai', 'Juni',
                'Juli', 'August', 'September', 'Oktober', 'November', 'Dezember'],
                monthNamesShort: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mär', 'Apr', 'Mai', 'Jun',
                'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Okt', 'Nov', 'Dez'],
                monthStatus: 'anderen Monat anzeigen', yearStatus: 'anderes Jahr anzeigen',
                weekHeader: 'Wo', weekStatus: 'Woche des Monats',
                dayNames: ['Sonntag', 'Montag', 'Dienstag', 'Mittwoch', 'Donnerstag', 'Freitag', 'Samstag'],
                dayNamesShort: ['So', 'Mo', 'Di', 'Mi', 'Do', 'Fr', 'Sa'],
                dayNamesMin: ['So', 'Mo', 'Di', 'Mi', 'Do', 'Fr', 'Sa'],
                dayStatus: 'Setze DD als ersten Wochentag', dateStatus: 'Wähle D, M d',
                dateFormat: 'dd.mm.yy', firstDay: 1,
                initStatus: 'Wähle ein Datum', isRTL: false
            };
            $.datepicker.setDefaults($.datepicker.regional['de']);
        });



        $(function () {
           

            $("[id$=txtdate1]").datepicker({});

            $("[id$=txtdate2]").datepicker({});


        });



        </script>
[/code]


the datepicker works fine but no date is selected on popup...

Please Help me to make the selected date the one from the textbox which comes from a database