>>>Naomi,
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>>>I think your control is a good candidate for getting the Enabled property set to .f., wouldn't it be much easier <g>
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>>In such case I would have to change DisabledBackColor property. Though it's easier than two lines of code...
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>Actually, DisabledBackColor is also used for ReadOnly controls, the one you need to change is DisabledForeColor, IIRC, and is not a line of code, is a change in the properties sheet <g>

Too much trouble, in my opinion <g>