Changing DateTimePickers Default Color?

Question

Is there anyway to change the dropdown button of the datetimepickers color to look like the attached image? If I have to use WPF I will, but I was hoping there would be a way to do it through code.

Thanks

Answer 1

Assuming that you are using the DateTimePicker from the WPF Toolkit you will need to create a ControlTemplate setup to look the way you want to. There is an article on how to that: Customizing the New WPF Calendar Controls it talks about the Calendar control but you can apply what it tells you to the DateTimePicker as well.

If you are using the WinForm version of it, I'm not sure how you would be able to do what you want to do.

EDIT: You will most likely want this link too, it's the default style and template for the DatePicker. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc278067(VS.95).aspx