Hiding the control button on Combo box

[Tim Graichen]

I currently have a form with several combo boxes. I have the background
properties and boarder properties of all form fields set as transparent.

Therefore, the only part of the controls that are visible, is just the drop
down arrow button on the combo boxes. Is there a way of hiding this button
until the field has focus?

Thank you for your help

Tim G

[Tim Graichen]

Will this work on the built-in button on a regular combo box?? What is the
(mybutton) name on the standard combo box button?

Thanks again
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myfield gotfocus()
forms!myform!mybutton.visible = true
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"Tim Graichen" <Tg*******@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
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I currently have a form with several combo boxes. I have the background
properties and boarder properties of all form fields set as transparent.

Therefore, the only part of the controls that are visible, is just the

drop

down arrow button on the combo boxes. Is there a way of hiding this

button

until the field has focus?

Thank you for your help

Tim G

[Bob Quintal]

"Tim Graichen" <Tg*******@neo.rr.com> wrote in
news:9r*********************@twister.neo.rr.com:

I currently have a form with several combo boxes. I have the
background properties and boarder properties of all form
fields set as transparent.

Therefore, the only part of the controls that are visible, is
just the drop down arrow button on the combo boxes. Is there
a way of hiding this button until the field has focus?

I haven't found one yet, so I put textboxes on my form, then
overlay with a combobox whose visible property is set to no.

The OnEnter event for the textbox sets the combobox visible, and
does a setfocus to the combobox.

The OnExit for the combobox sets visible back to false.

Bob Q.