backcolor textbox when disabled

[stx]

Hi

Is there any way to change the colors (back- and forecolor) of a textbox that is disabled?

Locking the textbox isn't good enough because when it's locked, his events (lostfocus,validating,...) are still fired (and that i cannot have).
And i do need a textbox because some users can change the value of the textbox and others can't. (so using a label isn't an option)

Reason of this question is that i get complaints from my customers that a disabled textbox is hard to read on TFT-screens.

Any suggestions?

 

[benlinkknilneb]

You can set the read-only property. Be sure to change the colors BEFORE you set ReadOnly to True... and that should do it.

Ben

There's no place like 127.0.0.1.

 

[SqueakinSweep]

Also you could put some code in the EnabledChanged Event of the Textbox, to colour exactly as you please.


Sweep
...if it works dont mess with it