>>>For highlighting the current item the above mentioned properties should be used. What exactly do you mean by plain old BackColor?
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>>Just the backcolor of the listbox whether there are items in it or not.
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>I see - looks like there is no property for that. You can use transparent shape technique, I guess.
perhaps it is a class issue rechecking...........
In my class definition of the listbox, in the gotfocus event I have
=MESSAGEBOX("class gotfocus")
but the message never gets displayed. Shouldn't it?
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