Hi,
I want to change the backcolor of the Datetimepicker's textbox
Datetimepicker.MontheBackgroundCOlor Not works for changing color of the textbox of datetimeker control.

Plz help urgently

Thanks in advance

check this site...

http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=5566

Apparently you cant. From the documentation of the DateTimePicker.BackColor property:

I have no idea why this is the case, but it is.

check this site...

http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=5566

c# version

[Browsable(true)]

public override Color BackColor

{

get

{

return base.BackColor;

}

set

{

base.BackColor = value;

Invalidate();

}

}

protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)

{

if (m.Msg == 20)

{

Graphics g = Graphics.FromHwnd(m.HWnd);

g.FillRectangle(new SolidBrush(this.BackColor), this.ClientRectangle);

g.Dispose();

return;

}

base.WndProc(ref m);

}

This doesn't really work at all as the non-transparent calendar control is drawn over top straight away. Is there a way to have an overriden OnPaintBackground called without an overriden OnPaint being called? Overriding OnPaint seems over the top for this, it would be easier to make a new control based on MaskedTextBox and DateTimePicker.