Undo faded text in a disabled combo

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Hi. I had some good help from SusanV recently and she gave me some code
which, among other things, disables a combo until another combo is completed.
That thread has gone quiet now, hence the repost.

While the combo is diasbled, the entry in it (a School Name) is in faded
grey text. The background is light yellow so the text is hard to see. Is
there a way of stopping the text from changing to grey - I want it to stay
black.

Thanks, JohnB
 
John

Disabled ... "greys out" the text. Another approach to preventing use is to
use the "Locked" property, instead of the "Enabled" property. Check Access
HELP for the interaction between these.

Consider, however, that having greyed out text is a visual reminder to the
user that s/he cannot use it. Leaving the text as "black" could potentially
make the user believe s/he CAN use it.
 
Thanks Jeff. I'll look into that. Cheers, JohnB

Jeff Boyce said:
John

Disabled ... "greys out" the text. Another approach to preventing use is to
use the "Locked" property, instead of the "Enabled" property. Check Access
HELP for the interaction between these.

Consider, however, that having greyed out text is a visual reminder to the
user that s/he cannot use it. Leaving the text as "black" could potentially
make the user believe s/he CAN use it.

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Jeff Boyce
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Hi, John.

Instead of using the combo box's Enabled Property, use the Locked Property.
For example:

Me!MyCombo.Locked = True

.. . . and when resetting the property:

Me!MyCombo.Locked = False

.. . . where MyCombo is the name of the combo box.

HTH.
Gunny

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Thank you. Cheers, JohnB

'69 Camaro said:
Hi, John.

Instead of using the combo box's Enabled Property, use the Locked Property.
For example:

Me!MyCombo.Locked = True

. . . and when resetting the property:

Me!MyCombo.Locked = False

. . . where MyCombo is the name of the combo box.

HTH.
Gunny

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And disabling and locking at the same time will give you both
characterstics -- a disabled control and readable text.
 
The label behaves this way because it is a child of the combo control. You
need to detach it and make it a stand alone label by:

Clicking once on the label
Typing <ctrl>X (cut)
Clicking on the form
Finally typing <ctrl>V (paste)

Then reposition the label and you are good to go.
 
Ahhhh, now that's the answer! Thanks Ken

Ken Snell said:
And disabling and locking at the same time will give you both
characterstics -- a disabled control and readable text.
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Thanks for this Ron but I'm afraid you got the wrong end of the stick there.
We're talking about a combo, not a label. Anyway, I'm happy that I now have
the solution. Thanks again, JohnB
 
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