TextBox ForeColor does not work, when disabled ...

[xIRC]

When a TextBox is disabled, i would like to change the ForeColor, to something else than system default.....

Going about it as follows ... does not work ....

Text1.ForeColor = RGB(x, x, x) (or even using a &H...., value)

now this does not work, so i thought I could use the API called SetTextColor .... which allows you to pass the HDC Object of the control, and then the long value of the color

SetTextColor GetDC(Text1.hWnd), RGB(x, x, x)

this does not work either ...........



Any solutions to work around about setting the ForeColor, to anything else rather than system default if the TextBox/Control is disabled .... ????

THX, in advance ......

[Cubbie]

I do not believe you can change that property when the textbox is disabled. A simple solution is to use the locked property. This will allow you to change the forecolor but not change the contents of the textbox. You will be able to copy and paste and the cursor will be able to placed in the text box but you can't change anything. If you don't like that you can write code so the textbox can't accept the focus. Not sure of that code but I'm sure you could do it.

[xIRC]

No, I know about the locked property, but I would not want the user to get the impression that the control is enabled, some users might think the control, is enabled even though i locked the textbox, they will think that this is a program error, so i will have to live with the ForeColor is the control is disabled, one thing though is that the BackColor, intristingly enough does work when the control is disabled, and you wanna set it to something else rather than system default ....

thanx anyways, i will post this to windows, hopefully they fix it .... LOL