>>>Is the graphic transparent? If so, try moving it above the selected control in the Z-order when the GotFocus() event of the control fires.
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>>Unfortunately no. I see what you are trying to do here, but the interior, colored part of the ellipse is what I need to show in this case. I think I will back up outside of this box and approach it from different perspective.
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>>Bill
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>I experimented with this issue some time ago and did not find any way to make a textbox/editbox control transparent while it has focus. I assume typing the text in them requires solid background.

Gotcha, thanks Nick. This is what I suspected. As I mentioned to Ed, I am moving outside this box to readdress the problem from another angle. I'll work it out.

Bill