>>Please see attached image.
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>>When the user tabs into the column, ALL of the textboxes in the enitre column get a dark grey background. I have tried everyting to make the background appear white.
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>>It is a plain textbox in a grid colum with the following settings:
>>column.spare=.f.
>>column.readonly=.t.
>>textbox.InputMask="999,999.99" (To show commas as a thousands separator)
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>>I've tried both settings on the textbox for BackStyle (Transparent and Opaque), I've tried forcing the BackColor to 255,255,255. I've tried disabled baclcolor=255,255,255
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>>What am I missing?
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>>If I set Sparse to .T. the color works correctly, but I lose the commas.
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>Generally you'll want .Sparse = .T., so really we need to figure out some way for your mask to stay in effect.
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>Various DisabledProperties only apply when the control.Enabled = .F., not when .ReadOnly = .T. - they are different things.
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>Are you using a framework? The old VFE5 framework by default sets backcolors when .ReadOnly = .T. which can be a real PITA sometimes.


FIXED IT!!!!

The trick is to use Column.DynamicInputMask=["@R ###,###,###.##"] and then you can turn off the Column.Sparse