I think if the value is null, the box will be grey. I don't think there is any way to control the color of the box. Er, you could try to make its backstyle transparent, that may work.

BOb


>I have been trying, in vain, to have a checkbox (in VFP7) 'dim' when it is read-only.
>
>I have changed * all * of the properties containing colors to 236,233,216 in the control, readonly to .t. and enabled to .f.
>However, the checkbox itself still remains white.
>When it is clicked on, it 'dims' until the mouse is released.
>
>I would like this control to be consistent with other controls in my app that dim when readonly.
>
>Thank you in advance.