CalendarMonthBackground Property

Gets or sets the background color of the calendar month.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Visual Basic (Usage)
C#

<SRCategoryAttribute("Appearance")>
<SRDescriptionAttribute("Indicates the background color displayed within the calendar month.")>
<DefaultValueAttribute()>
Public Property CalendarMonthBackground As Color

Dim instance As DateTimePickerCell
Dim value As Color
 
instance.CalendarMonthBackground = value
 
value = instance.CalendarMonthBackground

[SRCategory("Appearance")]
[SRDescription("Indicates the background color displayed within the calendar month.")]
[DefaultValue()]
public Color CalendarMonthBackground {get; set;}

Property Value

A System.Drawing.Color value that represents the background color of the calendar month. The default is System.Drawing.SystemColors.Window.

Remarks

This property adjusts to the default value automatically if you set this property to Color.Empty.

Example

The following code example shows how to customize a date time picker cell's behavior or appearance. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the DateTimePickerCell class.

DateTimePickerCell CreateCustomCalendarStyleAndFormat()
        {
            DateTimePickerCell dateTimePickerCell1 = new DateTimePickerCell();

            dateTimePickerCell1.Value = DateTime.Now;

            dateTimePickerCell1.Size = new Size(120, 21);

            dateTimePickerCell1.CustomFormat = "yyyy/MM";

            dateTimePickerCell1.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Custom;

            dateTimePickerCell1.CalendarFont = new Font(Control.DefaultFont, FontStyle.Bold);

            dateTimePickerCell1.CalendarForeColor = Color.Red;

            dateTimePickerCell1.CalendarMonthBackground = Color.Blue;

            dateTimePickerCell1.CalendarTitleBackColor = Color.Black;

            dateTimePickerCell1.CalendarTitleForeColor = Color.White;

            dateTimePickerCell1.CalendarTrailingForeColor = Color.Yellow;

            dateTimePickerCell1.DropDownAlign = LeftRightAlignment.Right;

            return dateTimePickerCell1;
        }

VB.NET

Private Function CreateCustomCalendarStyleAndFormat() As DateTimePickerCell
        Dim dateTimePickerCell1 As New DateTimePickerCell()

        dateTimePickerCell1.Value = DateTime.Now

        dateTimePickerCell1.Size = New Size(120, 21)

        dateTimePickerCell1.CustomFormat = "yyyy/MM"

        dateTimePickerCell1.Format = DateTimePickerFormat.Custom

        dateTimePickerCell1.CalendarFont = New Font(Control.DefaultFont, FontStyle.Bold)

        dateTimePickerCell1.CalendarForeColor = Color.Red

        dateTimePickerCell1.CalendarMonthBackground = Color.Blue

        dateTimePickerCell1.CalendarTitleBackColor = Color.Black

        dateTimePickerCell1.CalendarTitleForeColor = Color.White

        dateTimePickerCell1.CalendarTrailingForeColor = Color.Yellow

        dateTimePickerCell1.DropDownAlign = LeftRightAlignment.Right

        Return dateTimePickerCell1
    End Function

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

DateTimePickerCell Class
DateTimePickerCell Members