>I'd like to use an editbox to display progress information in an application. It should probably be read-only, but I want the information to scroll as needed and I want users to be able to scroll up and down as expected...
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>So I think I need to keep the box editable, but make it impossible for people to click within the text area (or at least to add information). I found the thread which shos how to make the box scroll with this REFRESH method:
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>DODEFAULT()
>THIS.SelStart = LEN(THIS.Value)
>NODEFAULT
>THIS.SetFocus()
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>So I need to add a way to keep the mouse out of the text area (but allow it to manipulate the scroll-bars...
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>Ideas?
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>TIA
>Michael

I had the same situation, I ended up using a RTF control. Works great.

Scott