>>>>Hi Antonio,
>>>>
>>>>The only solution to this problem as far as I can see is to use a disabled form (enabled = .F.). You then are able to present a GUI on a form without having the parent form losing focus.
>>>>Then the challenge is to make sure mouseclicks and hovering effects work as expected. I can see that work with timers and the good old ON MOUSE CLICK commands, but there definately will be work involved in that.
>>>>
>>>>Walter,
>>>>
>>>
>>>In FoxyClasses dtControl (Date, Datetime or Time) I used DateTimePicker activex to overcome that problem and it works wonderfully well.
>>
>>I did look at that class in the past, but does not now have the same problem of the outdated GUI and problematic in grids ?
>>
>>Walter,
>
> Sorry I don't understand? Any UI in VFP is outdated, no?


Not necessarily. There is a lot you can do to upgrade your VFP applications' GUI.


The DateTime ActiveX control has a fixed 3D border that look 90-ties. At least a flat border (or none) where you can control the border colour would be a huge improvement.

Walter,