extending the DateChooser component

[fu-meng]

hi.

i just realized that i've been posting my messages in the wrong forum. so i apologize for the duplicate messages.

i'm creating a calendar where specific dates are highlighted if there is an event scheduled, i.e. a syllabus -- if an assignment is due on the 15th or the 9th or the 3rd then that day will be highlighted so a student knows to click on it.

my problem is that the DateChooser component that ships with mx2004 professional doesn't handle this. also, the premade components i've found on the web are all built using v1 architecture and i need v2.

my thinking is that the DateChooser component does accept a single date or a range of dates (albeit for different purposes than i have in mind) but wouldn't it also be able to accept a series of non-continuous dates and then activate its highlight feature?

am i right in thinking that i can go into the class files for the DateChooser component and extend its functionality by simply adding a few lines of code? i'd rather do this then build a new calendar component from scratch.

any help/ideas/suggestions are greatly appreciated.

thanks. fumeng.