>>>When user tries to change a value of a textbox (or another control) that is set to be ReadOnly = .T., message "The Control is read-only" pops up. Is it possible and how to make the control display a "custom" message?
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>>>Thank you.
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>>Maybe you could just SET NOTIFY OFF and change TextBox.StatusBarText to what you want.
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>Thank you very much for your help.
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>Setting SET NOTIFY OFF does remove the standard "The Control is read-only" message. So this is good. But adding a test to .StatusBarText does nothing.
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>What am I missing?

I don't know. When the control has the focus, the text shows for me.