>Thanks Mark,
>
>I will try that.
>
>:)
>
>Pascal

It's funny, but soon after I posted my response to you a coworked called on the same topic. It turns out there is a knowlegebase article (sorry, I don't have the number) on this exact topic. They suggest the work around of setting the DisabledForeColor = ForeColor + 1. This is a better solution--more general than the my previous post.