Hi Neil,

Thanks for your input on this. I realize that I can use readonly on textboxes but will still have the same issue with various other controls.

I saw the topic below in VS Help and thought this might be a way to globally modify/override the textbox control's base class. Played around with it without success.

TextBoxBase.ForeColor Property
public override Color ForeColor {get; set;}

Perhaps Ill quit fighting with the interface, let the controls cruise on default colors, and just put a message on the form to indicate "Editing Active/Inactive". Ive always used gray backcolor/black forecolor to indicate disabled, white backcolor/black forecolor to indicate enabled.

It would be nice if MicroSoft would implement consistent behavior regarding this throughout their control set.

Thanks again,

Todd