>I've gotten no response on this so I'm assuming it cannot be done. Nevertheless, if anyone knows for sure I'd appreciate the feedback.
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>Is it possible to programmatically control the foreground/background colors of the textbox portion ( not the calendar dropdown ) of the MS Date/Time Picker ActiveX control? I see no properties to change.
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>Thanks,

Bill,

I have no idea if this will work. It's a shot in the dark, but it might. MS KB article Q178491 describes how to change the background color of a treeview control. The technique described in there might work with the Date/Time Picker. (And yes, the control does have it's own hWnd property, which you'll need for this to work).