Todd,

Try using ReadOnly instead of Disabled, the ReadOnly field will still recieve the Focus, allow Copy operations but you will be able to update the ForeColor.

If you really want to control the ForeColor on a Disabled control then you will have to ownerdraw it. This can be achieved by subclassing the TextBox control and:-

1] Setting the UserPaint style bit to true in the constructor.
2] Override the WndProc event processing method and respond to messages.

public myTextBox
{
   this.SetStyle(ControlStyles.UserPaint, true);
   this.UpdateStyles();
}

protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
{
   //
   // Do lots of crazy things in here including handling
   // the following Windows messages:-
   //
   // WM_PAINT
   // WM_HSCROLL
   // WM_VSCROLL
   // WM_LBUTTONDOWN
   // WM_RBUTTONDOWN
   // WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK
   // WM_MOUSELEAVE
   // WM_MOUSEMOVE
   //

}

The downside to ownerdrawing is that you will not get any help in rendering your control ie. you will have to draw *all* the states that you need to cater for, caret positioning etc.

HTH
Neil