Usually I'd say, do it as Naomi described it. But I don't know how you want to handle further input.

So, a shape behind your transparent textbox might be an option. However, you would have to calculate the width of your shape and its left offset relative to your textbox. I don't know if this is such a good idea at all.

Alternatively you could handle it with a grid just below your textbox and populate the cursor with all the records, that still match your textbox.value.



>But I need to color just a part of it depending on the specific test which matches a search
>
>>Hi,
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>>If you want to color the background of your textbox, you could make it transparent and place a picture behind it.
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>>additionally: Craig Boyd showed some cool gradient effects with GDI+ and grids and maybe this could help you more, as he generated the effect on the fly based on background gradient functions.
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>>http://www.sweetpotatosoftware.com/spsblog/CommentView,guid,94b58210-456a-4fc5-84c9-39db7dcde478.aspx
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>>>Hi all,
>>>Is it possible to colour just a piece of text box ? If so how ?
>>>
>>>thanks Alessio