format calendar dates

[saloom]

Hi
i created a calendar using the active xcontrols from the tools menu.I
want the back color of the box containing the date to change based on
the value of a field in the table at that specific date. I realise now
that you cannot change the format of individual dates in the calendar,
so i added text boxes above each date and i clicked on "bring to
front". the code i wrote works because in design view i can see that
the back color of the text boxes has in face changed, but in form view
mode, the text boxes remain in the background. Ive tried to do the same
with a command button thats linked to the calendar, btu it still doesnt
work.
Can anyone help?

[Tom van Stiphout]

On 21 Mar 2006 09:40:48 -0800, sa****@gmail.com wrote:

That's the deal with any activex control: you have to live with its
features. Don't use one that doesn't support all the features you
need. Trying to rig it using some fancy programming sometimes pays off
(and can be very satisfying), but can be a real drain on time.
Confronted with a similar issue several years ago, I took two days to
write my own calendar control from scratch, which of course supported
all the features I needed.

-Tom.

Hi
i created a calendar using the active xcontrols from the tools menu.I
want the back color of the box containing the date to change based on
the value of a field in the table at that specific date. I realise now
that you cannot change the format of individual dates in the calendar,
so i added text boxes above each date and i clicked on "bring to
front". the code i wrote works because in design view i can see that
the back color of the text boxes has in face changed, but in form view
mode, the text boxes remain in the background. Ive tried to do the same
with a command button thats linked to the calendar, btu it still doesnt
work.
Can anyone help?

[Lyle Fairfield]

sa****@gmail.com wrote in news:1142962848.761312.257620
@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com:

Hi
i created a calendar using the activex controls from the tools menu. I
want the back color of the box containing the date to change based on
the value of a field in the table at that specific date. I realise now
that you cannot change the format of individual dates in the calendar,
so i added text boxes above each date and i clicked on "bring to
front". the code i wrote works because in design view i can see that
the back color of the text boxes has in face changed, but in form view
mode, the text boxes remain in the background. Ive tried to do the same
with a command button thats linked to the calendar, btu it still doesnt
work.
Can anyone help?

If you have created textboxes and placed them appropriately then you are
well on your way to creating your own calendar. Many developers have done
this because of their frustration with the Microsoft Calendar Control.
Others have used one of the many public and free offerings of same. A
Google search is likely to find some of these.

--
Lyle Fairfield