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   Val Mehling to Peter   
   Re: Text Box Question   
   06 Mar 05 18:20:33   
   
   From: valjm16@earthlink.net   
      
   On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 17:52:52 GMT, "Peter"  wrote:   
      
   >I want to set a text box so that the user cannot select it.   
   >If I set the "enabled" property to "false" this has the desired effect but   
   >the text is greyed out and not to easy to read.   
   >Is there another way to stop the user selecting the box without greying out   
   >the text or a way to change the font when using the enabled property?   
   >   
   >TIA   
      
   Perhaps setting the LOCKED property to TRUE will work for you.   
   This will prevent the user from making any changes to the text.   
      
   Val Mehling   
   valjm16@DELETE_THISearthlink.net   
      
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