>>Sometimes I use the simple trick to prevent from clicking on something.
>>I put the transparent (or opaque) shape with transparent BorderStyle over those objects, and, when I need, I manipulate by shape's ZOrder method to bring it to front or send to back. That does the trick bu just one command:
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>>thisform.shpOverMyObject.ZOrder(0)
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>>Variations depend on your form, of course.
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>>Nick
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>Interesting trick. Might have a lot of uses...
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>Chris

Sometimes I also use the transparent container for that, with invisible objects inside, which become visible at some point (clicking on the container or something else...)

Nick