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You're likely already aware that the standard checkbox control has a property called "enabled". In a script it can be set as follows:
cb_1.Enabled = TRUE
Setting it to FALSE, disables the control, and thus does not allow the user to change its value (checking or unchecking). The visual cue to the user that he/she cannot check or uncheck the checkbox is that the control is "greyed out". You can likely change these default visual characteristics by setting the backcolor, text, and border properties to the values that they had prior to setting the enabled property to FALSE. However, having already said that the visual cue to the user that the control is not modifiable, is by it being greyed out - I wouldn't recommend changing these visual properties. I think that it will more consistant for the user (as it is for most users), that the control remain greyed out when its enable property is set to FALSE.
cb_1.Enabled = TRUE
Setting it to FALSE, disables the control, and thus does not allow the user to change its value (checking or unchecking). The visual cue to the user that he/she cannot check or uncheck the checkbox is that the control is "greyed out". You can likely change these default visual characteristics by setting the backcolor, text, and border properties to the values that they had prior to setting the enabled property to FALSE. However, having already said that the visual cue to the user that the control is not modifiable, is by it being greyed out - I wouldn't recommend changing these visual properties. I think that it will more consistant for the user (as it is for most users), that the control remain greyed out when its enable property is set to FALSE.
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