> protected methods are available to the class and child objects. These cannot be overwritten.

That is a good starting point.

a)
Make a class based on container and put the textbox to it. Now textbox belongs to the class and can call methods you define as protected.

Still I think it can be overwritten.

b)
Consider calling mycontainerclass::mouseenter(...) to call the method of your class the way it is defined in the class.

Take a lok at the :: operator in the help.

c)
You might also consider using the control base class, put a container in that and a textbox in the container. That container belongs to you only. The user/developer using that control class only can see the public properties and methods of the outer control frame.

Bye, Olaf.