Text Color of a Disabled TextBox? 1

[wraygun]

Hey there,

Anyone know how to change the textcolor of a disabled textbox?

for example:

Black background w/ Yellow Font

Thanks in advance.

Wraygun

 

[Gazzza]

Hi Wraygun,
Text1.Enabled = False
Text1.BackColor = vbBlack
Text1.ForeColor = vbYellow
This will do what you want but when a control is set to Enabled = False it dulls the color and the yellow goes pale. To have a better yellow you will need to find a color that turns yellow when faded.

I hope this helps

Gazzza

 

[wraygun]

Thanks Gazzza,

I attempted the above code, but to no avail. No matter what color I seem to set the foreground to for the textbox, it's always the same gray color when it's disabled.

Any other ideas?

Thanks again,
Wraygun

 

[JustinEzequiel]

If all you want is to not allow modification of the text box contents by the user then you might want to use the .Locked property.

 

[JohnYingling]

If you do not want the textbox "dithered" then try locking it.
Text1.Locked = True
Text1.BackColor = vbBlack
Text1.ForeColor = vbYellow

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[wraygun]

Thanks for the tips.

-Wraygun....

 

[JohnYingling]

Justin,
You must have gotten in just ahead of me so I dropped the star on you.

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[JustinEzequiel]

Thanks