Thanks for forum member I was shown this:
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looked at the source code but could not find where they customize the code to show the nie widget. On my machine if i impleent the dateicker within a gridview, i get plane old datepicker with next and pre text as href rather then the what the widget shows.
how do i customize my .net app to show widget like the example?
The styling is via CSS files that you can customize and download with jQuery UI. Here’s a link to ThemeRoller which allows you to customize and then download whatever theme you like. And here’s a link that can help you understand how to work with jQuery UI and the files that are included with it.