Change enable=false forecolor

[Stephen]

greeting folks

I would like to change the foreground color for a disabled textbox from the
dimmed gray to something else that is easlier readable. I can change the
background using the following:
textbox1.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Control.White

however i cant for the life of me figure out the foreground . any help would
be appreciated

steve

[Q]

Hey Stephen,

I had the same problem.
Since then, I use the ReadOnly-properth in stead of the Enabled.
If ReadOnly is set to true, the forecolor can be changed!
Maybe this helps you???

Regards,

Q

"Stephen" <St******@xjohnstontrading.com> wrote in message
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greeting folks

I would like to change the foreground color for a disabled textbox from the dimmed gray to something else that is easlier readable. I can change the
background using the following:
textbox1.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Control.White

however i cant for the life of me figure out the foreground . any help would be appreciated

steve

[Stephen]

excellent idea, i didnt think about that. i need to be able to change the
foreground to different colors depending on criteria in the app.... do u
have a example ?

again thanks
stephen
"Q" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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Hey Stephen,

I had the same problem.
Since then, I use the ReadOnly-properth in stead of the Enabled.
If ReadOnly is set to true, the forecolor can be changed!
Maybe this helps you???

Regards,

Q

"Stephen" <St******@xjohnstontrading.com> wrote in message
news:e4****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

greeting folks

I would like to change the foreground color for a disabled textbox from

the

dimmed gray to something else that is easlier readable. I can change the
background using the following:
textbox1.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Control.White

however i cant for the life of me figure out the foreground . any help

would

be appreciated

steve

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Q" <[e-mail]> schrieb:

Since then, I use the ReadOnly-properth in stead of the Enabled.
If ReadOnly is set to true, the forecolor can be changed!

This doesn't work on my machine running .NET 1.1 SP1, Windows XP
Professional SP2. Using a richtextbox instead of the textbox will allow you
to set the forecolor even if the textbox is disabled or read-only.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>

[Q]

Hey again Stephen,

here's the example you asked for!

Regards,

Q

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
MyTextbox.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Green
MyTextbox.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.White
End Sub

"Stephen" <St******@xjohnstontrading.com> wrote in message
news:eq****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

excellent idea, i didnt think about that. i need to be able to change the
foreground to different colors depending on criteria in the app.... do u
have a example ?

again thanks
stephen
"Q" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:ew****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Hey Stephen,

I had the same problem.
Since then, I use the ReadOnly-properth in stead of the Enabled.
If ReadOnly is set to true, the forecolor can be changed!
Maybe this helps you???

Regards,

Q

"Stephen" <St******@xjohnstontrading.com> wrote in message
news:e4****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

greeting folks

I would like to change the foreground color for a disabled textbox from

the

dimmed gray to something else that is easlier readable. I can change

the background using the following:
textbox1.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Control.White

however i cant for the life of me figure out the foreground . any help

would

be appreciated

steve