DateTimePicker inside a DBGrid Here‘s how to place a TDateTimePicker into a DBGrid. Create visually more attractive user interfaces for editing date/time fields inside a DBGrid - place a drop down calendar into a cell of a DBGrid. procedure TForm1.DBGrid1DrawColumnCell (Sender: TObject; const Rect: TRect; DataCol: Integer; Column: TColumn; State: TGridDrawState); begin if (gdFocused in State) then begin if (Column.Field.FieldName = ‘DateAdded‘) then with DateTimePicker do begin Left := Rect.Left DBGrid1.Left 1; Top := Rect.Top DBGrid1.Top 1; Width := Rect.Right - Rect.Left 2; Width := Rect.Right - Rect.Left 2; Height := Rect.Bottom - Rect.Top 2; Visible := True; end; end end; procedure TForm1.DBGrid1ColExit(Sender: TObject); begin if DBGrid1.SelectedField.FieldName = ‘DateAdded‘ then DateTimePicker.Visible := False end; procedure TForm1.DBGrid1KeyPress(Sender: TObject; var Key: Char); begin if (key = Chr(9)) then Exit; if (DBGrid1.SelectedField.FieldName = ‘DateAdded‘) then begin DateTimePicker.SetFocus; SendMessage(DateTimePicker.Handle, WM_Char, word(Key), 0); end end; procedure TForm1.DateTimePickerChange(Sender: TObject); begin if DBGrid1.DataSource.State in [dsEdit, dsInsert] then ADOTable1DateAdded.Value := DateTimePicker.DateTime; end; procedure TForm1.DateTimePickerDropDown(Sender: TObject); begin DBGrid1.DataSource.Edit; end;