Sheldon,

>Tried to change background color to reflect changes. Problem on Picker controls.
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>No luck from following lines.
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>dtpdatestart.backcolor=system.drawing.color.yellow
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>dtpDateStart.BackgroundImage = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile("yellow.bmp")

That's because mmPicker is a user control and the text box you are trying to change the backcolor on is contained with the user control. To set the background color of the textbox do the following:

this.dtpdatestart.txtEntry.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Bisque;

Regards,