Changing colour of cell in Microsoft Calendar Control?

[langals]

I am using the Microsoft Calendar Control 9.0. What I want to do is change the colour of a specific cell on a specific date. (either the backcolour of the cell or the colour of the date) How do I do this in code?

[phinds]

suggestions:

1) use the object browser to find the properties and methods that you need

2) do what you want while capturing a macro and see what the code is behind the macro

[WorkHorse]

phinds: How do you record s macro on a Calendar control?

The Calendar control doesn't support properties to change a single day font. It's not that fancy of a control. Work-arounds aren't pretty: Either throw up another control (label, tetbox, picture, etc.) that looks like the day button and have the click event change the Calandar date, or write a bunch of APIs, which I wouldn't even try, or find/buy a different control, or make your own, or make a mock-up calendar using other controls. It would be nice if Calendar could do this so you could highlight Today or Holidays, etc., but it doesn't.

[James Stanich]

I tried this awhile back without success. Now I just use a DTpicker control...

[WorkHorse]

Is DTpicker a component available in VB6. It's not in my VB5 list or VBA6. I don't have VB6 on hand to check. I haven't tried the DTpicker. Do I need to use VB6 to get the component or is it in a reference somewhere?

[peet]

Hi there WorkHorse, the DTP is found in the components list, you have to find 'Windows Common Controls-2 6.0'. I do not know if this shipped with vb5 or not...

the name of the file is MSComCt2.ocx

[James Stanich]

If he had the SP5 patch, wouldn't he have access to the control?

[peet]

I really don't know James, I know its shipped with VB6 all editions, but VB5 SP X, I don't know

[James Stanich]

I tried to attch it here, but it's too large. I can send it to you if you provide your email address...