--- title: "MonthCalendar Control Overview" ms.date: "03/30/2017" f1_keywords: - "MonthCalendar" helpviewer_keywords: - "calendars [Windows Forms], Windows Forms controls" - "calendar controls [Windows Forms], Windows Forms" - "MonthCalendar control [Windows Forms], setting the first day of the week" ms.assetid: 788c5325-b721-44ec-95bf-9b680ba0f6a2 --- # MonthCalendar Control Overview (Windows Forms) The Windows Forms control presents an intuitive graphical interface for users to view and set date information. The control displays a calendar: a grid containing the numbered days of the month, arranged in columns underneath the days of the week, with the selected range of dates highlighted. You can select a different month by clicking the arrow buttons on either side of the month caption. Unlike the similar control, you can select more than one date with this control. For more information about the control, see [DateTimePicker Control](datetimepicker-control-windows-forms.md). ## Configuring the MonthCalendar Control The control's appearance is highly configurable. By default, today's date is displayed as circled, and is also noted at the bottom of the grid. You can change this feature by setting the and properties to `false`. You can also add week numbers to the calendar by setting the property to `true`. By setting the property, you can have multiple months displayed horizontally and vertically. By default, Sunday is shown as the first day of the week, but any day can be designated using the property. You can also set certain dates to be displayed in bold on a one-time basis, annually, or monthly, by adding objects to the , , and properties. For more information, see [How to: Display Specific Days in Bold with the Windows Forms MonthCalendar Control](display-specific-days-in-bold-with-wf-monthcalendar-control.md). The key property of the control is , the range of dates selected in the control. The value cannot exceed the maximum number of days that can be selected, set in the property. The earliest and latest dates the user can select are determined by the and properties. ## See also - - [MonthCalendar Control](monthcalendar-control-windows-forms.md)