Is there any way to disable controls without causing them to be greyed out?
Such as text boxes, list boxes, etc.
Thanks.
Ryan
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"Ryan" <Ty****@newsgro ups.nospamwrote in message
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Is there any way to disable controls without causing them to be greyed
out? Such as text boxes, list boxes, etc.
There may be, by overriding stuff or using the API calls etc, but generally
it's a bad idea as if the user sees something that should work but doesn't,
they tend to think it's broken...
Not with the standard .NET winforms controls. You would have to manually
handle events, and not allow the user to enter text, and so on.
Other vendors may provide controls that allow you to override the colors of
the control even while it is disabled.
"Ryan" <Ty****@newsgro ups.nospamwrote in message
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Is there any way to disable controls without causing them to be greyed
out? Such as text boxes, list boxes, etc.
Thanks.
Ryan
Well what I have is an application with built in Emailing capabilities for
notifying users. I have given users the ability to view previously sent
Emails, similar to Outlooks Sent Items. If they double-click on an email, I
have it open in the same form that is used to create and send mail, with all
the functionality disabled (for sending items, selecting recipients, etc).
Outlook does something very similar if you open any email in your Sent
Items - even though you can see the text body (not greyed out) you cannot
edit. I want a similar look/feel. Greying out text boxes with a large
amount of text is difficult to read and doesn't look good. I assumed this
would be a common property (like enabled). I believe I used to do it in
Access using the locked property?
Ryan
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"Ryan" <Ty****@newsgro ups.nospamwrote in message
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>Is there any way to disable controls without causing them to be greyed
out? Such as text boxes, list boxes, etc.
There may be, by overriding stuff or using the API calls etc, but
generally it's a bad idea as if the user sees something that should work
but doesn't, they tend to think it's broken...
There is also a readonly property for textboxes, which you can try.
"Ryan" <Ty****@newsgro ups.nospamwrote in message
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Well what I have is an application with built in Emailing capabilities for
notifying users. I have given users the ability to view previously sent
Emails, similar to Outlooks Sent Items. If they double-click on an email,
I have it open in the same form that is used to create and send mail, with
all the functionality disabled (for sending items, selecting recipients,
etc). Outlook does something very similar if you open any email in your
Sent Items - even though you can see the text body (not greyed out) you
cannot edit. I want a similar look/feel. Greying out text boxes with a
large amount of text is difficult to read and doesn't look good. I
assumed this would be a common property (like enabled). I believe I used
to do it in Access using the locked property?
Ryan
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"Ryan" <Ty****@newsgro ups.nospamwrote in message
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>>Is there any way to disable controls without causing them to be greyed
out? Such as text boxes, list boxes, etc.
There may be, by overriding stuff or using the API calls etc, but
generally it's a bad idea as if the user sees something that should work
but doesn't, they tend to think it's broken...
Excellent, this greys out the control but not the text, which makes it far
more readable.
Thanks!
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There is also a readonly property for textboxes, which you can try.
"Ryan" <Ty****@newsgro ups.nospamwrote in message
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>Well what I have is an application with built in Emailing capabilities
for notifying users. I have given users the ability to view previously
sent Emails, similar to Outlooks Sent Items. If they double-click on an
email, I have it open in the same form that is used to create and send
mail, with all the functionality disabled (for sending items, selecting
recipients, etc). Outlook does something very similar if you open any
email in your Sent Items - even though you can see the text body (not
greyed out) you cannot edit. I want a similar look/feel. Greying out
text boxes with a large amount of text is difficult to read and doesn't
look good. I assumed this would be a common property (like enabled). I
believe I used to do it in Access using the locked property?
Ryan
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Is there any way to disable controls without causing them to be greyed
out? Such as text boxes, list boxes, etc.
There may be, by overriding stuff or using the API calls etc, but
generally it's a bad idea as if the user sees something that should work
but doesn't, they tend to think it's broken...
See an article I wrote in July 2005 from http://emoreau.s2i.com/
--
HTH
Éric Moreau, MCSD, Visual Developer - Visual Basic MVP
Conseiller Principal / Senior Consultant
S2i web inc. ( www.s2i.com) http://emoreau.s2i.com/
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Is there any way to disable controls without causing them to be greyed
out? Such as text boxes, list boxes, etc.
Thanks.
Ryan
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