Hi

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Is there a way of setting the 'Background Colour ' of a control (Text Box or Checkbox etc) so that it always displays the minute the control receives focus.

No, it is usefull, but FocusBackColor and FocusForeColor not exist.

You must:

* on GotFocus event put
this.BackColor = RGB(myFocusBackColorTern)

* on LostFocus event put
this.ResetToDef("BackColor") if origin is a class
or
this.BackColor = RGB(myBackColorTern)

Fabio