>>>>>Hi Antonio,
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>>>>>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.
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>>>>>Walter,
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>>>>In FoxyClasses dtControl (Date, Datetime or Time) I used DateTimePicker activex to overcome that problem and it works wonderfully well.
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>>>I did look at that class in the past, but does not now have the same problem of the outdated GUI and problematic in grids ?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,
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>> Sorry I don't understand? Any UI in VFP is outdated, no?
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>Not necessarily. There is a lot you can do to upgrade your VFP applications' GUI.
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>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.
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>Walter,

No I don't touch its appearance, anyone who wants to use can him\herself.
I have yet to see a VFP GUI that is not outdated.

(Actually just this week I attempted to create one using HTML5 and material design but came empty, because the browser in VFP (Shell.Explorer) cannot handle it :( )