Change enable=false forecolor

[Stephen]

greeting folks

I would like to change the foreground color for a disabled textbox from the
dimmed gray to something else that is easlier readable. I can change the
background using the following:
textbox1.BackCo lor = System.Drawing. SystemColors.Co ntrol.White

however i cant for the life of me figure out the foreground . any help would
be appreciated



steve

[Q]

Re: Change enable=false forecolor

Hey Stephen,

I had the same problem.
Since then, I use the ReadOnly-properth in stead of the Enabled.
If ReadOnly is set to true, the forecolor can be changed!
Maybe this helps you???

Regards,

Q

"Stephen" <Stephefn@xjohn stontrading.com > wrote in message
news:e4CwUUB%23 EHA.2180@TK2MSF TNGP10.phx.gbl. ..[color=blue]
> greeting folks
>
> I would like to change the foreground color for a disabled textbox from[/color]
the[color=blue]
> dimmed gray to something else that is easlier readable. I can change the
> background using the following:
> textbox1.BackCo lor = System.Drawing. SystemColors.Co ntrol.White
>
> however i cant for the life of me figure out the foreground . any help[/color]
would[color=blue]
> be appreciated
>
>
>
> steve
>
>[/color]

[Stephen]

Re: Change enable=false forecolor

excellent idea, i didnt think about that. i need to be able to change the
foreground to different colors depending on criteria in the app.... do u
have a example ?

again thanks
stephen
"Q" <Q@nomail.be> wrote in message
news:ewwvaaB%23 EHA.2032@tk2msf tngp13.phx.gbl. ..[color=blue]
> Hey Stephen,
>
> I had the same problem.
> Since then, I use the ReadOnly-properth in stead of the Enabled.
> If ReadOnly is set to true, the forecolor can be changed!
> Maybe this helps you???
>
> Regards,
>
> Q
>
> "Stephen" <Stephefn@xjohn stontrading.com > wrote in message
> news:e4CwUUB%23 EHA.2180@TK2MSF TNGP10.phx.gbl. ..[color=green]
> > greeting folks
> >
> > I would like to change the foreground color for a disabled textbox from[/color]
> the[color=green]
> > dimmed gray to something else that is easlier readable. I can change the
> > background using the following:
> > textbox1.BackCo lor = System.Drawing. SystemColors.Co ntrol.White
> >
> > however i cant for the life of me figure out the foreground . any help[/color]
> would[color=green]
> > be appreciated
> >
> >
> >
> > steve
> >
> >[/color]
>
>[/color]

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: Change enable=false forecolor

"Q" <Q@nomail.be> schrieb:[color=blue]
> Since then, I use the ReadOnly-properth in stead of the Enabled.
> If ReadOnly is set to true, the forecolor can be changed![/color]

This doesn't work on my machine running .NET 1.1 SP1, Windows XP
Professional SP2. Using a richtextbox instead of the textbox will allow you
to set the forecolor even if the textbox is disabled or read-only.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>

[Q]

Re: Change enable=false forecolor

Hey again Stephen,

here's the example you asked for!

Regards,

Q

Private Sub Button1_Click(B yVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArg s) Handles Button1.Click
MyTextbox.BackC olor = System.Drawing. Color.Green
MyTextbox.ForeC olor = System.Drawing. Color.White
End Sub



"Stephen" <Stephefn@xjohn stontrading.com > wrote in message
news:eq9olhB%23 EHA.2680@TK2MSF TNGP09.phx.gbl. ..[color=blue]
> excellent idea, i didnt think about that. i need to be able to change the
> foreground to different colors depending on criteria in the app.... do u
> have a example ?
>
> again thanks
> stephen
> "Q" <Q@nomail.be> wrote in message
> news:ewwvaaB%23 EHA.2032@tk2msf tngp13.phx.gbl. ..[color=green]
> > Hey Stephen,
> >
> > I had the same problem.
> > Since then, I use the ReadOnly-properth in stead of the Enabled.
> > If ReadOnly is set to true, the forecolor can be changed!
> > Maybe this helps you???
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Q
> >
> > "Stephen" <Stephefn@xjohn stontrading.com > wrote in message
> > news:e4CwUUB%23 EHA.2180@TK2MSF TNGP10.phx.gbl. ..[color=darkred]
> > > greeting folks
> > >
> > > I would like to change the foreground color for a disabled textbox[/color][/color][/color]
from[color=blue][color=green]
> > the[color=darkred]
> > > dimmed gray to something else that is easlier readable. I can change[/color][/color][/color]
the[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> > > background using the following:
> > > textbox1.BackCo lor = System.Drawing. SystemColors.Co ntrol.White
> > >
> > > however i cant for the life of me figure out the foreground . any help[/color]
> > would[color=darkred]
> > > be appreciated
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > steve
> > >
> > >[/color]
> >
> >[/color]
>
>[/color]