How to disable/enable at runtime a TGroupBox? 2

[clifff]

Hi 2ffatt and others! I want to make a panel(TGroutBox) to be desabled (showing all the buttons on it but grey colored)and after a click to enable it. All i found is TGroupBox->Enabled property that desable editing in the edits on the panel. But i want that mistery grey color to be on disabled mode.

Thanks, clifff.

 

[2ffat]

Off the top of my head, you may have to disable each component in the group box. For example, if the group box has three buttons, each button would have to have its enabled property set to false.

Button1->Enabled = false;
Button2->Enabled = false;
Button3->Enabled = false;

Then when you want them enabled, some section of could look like this

Button1->Enabled = true;
Button2->Enabled = true;
Button3->Enabled = true;

James P. Cottingham

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[clifff]

Ok, but how do i make them to look gray when disable? Becose the ->Enabled property for edit boxes make that just non-editable! Are there any other property?

Thanx for Your help!

 

[Wings]

You have to acces their individual colors

for example:

Edit1->Font->color = clGray;
Edit1->Color = clMenu;

Although disabling them should take care of the font color
by itself

Disabling a button will also turn its font to the normal button color rather than black

 

[exodus300]

Check TWinControl::Controls in the help files. This is the example they use:

for(int i=0; i < RadioGroup1->ControlCount; i++)
		RadioGroup1->Controls[i]->Visible = false;

Just change it to look like:
[/code]
for(int i=0; i < GroupBox1->ControlCount; i++)
GroupBox1->Controls->Enabled = false;
[/code]
This will cycle through all the controls on the group box and disable them.