Dan,
I have somewhat been able to do what you want by having the text box not
be readonly at startup (that way you get the background color you want).
Then in the GotFocus event for the text box set the readonly property to
True and in the LostFocus set it back to false. This prevents the user from
trying to change the data but allows the verticle scrollbar to function and
still have color.

"Maarten Struys" <maarten.struys (AT) nospam (DOT) pts.nl> wrote

It is really funny. Since I do programming (not very long, ok ;-) I
always see the discussion about "when I set readonly I also want to set
my own colors". I don't understand why MS doesn't accept that many
developers need to set their own colors, because of CI, readability or
someting else. Maybe one day MS accepts this needs.

My solution is, that on the GetFocus event I put the focus on the Form
or the TabControl. That way you can set every color you want, you are
able to use the scrollbar and the user can't change anything. It's only
the wrong solution if you want the user to be able to select text.
Regards,
Christoph

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