Re: Can reverse video in edit control be shut off?

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From: Eudy Silva
Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 22:30

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Bill Carson wrote:
 > [snip]  Is there any
 > way to keep the reverse video from
 > displaying?

I guess you're using an edit box (TEdit) and the text is being
autoselected when the edit box gets focus. Take a look at the
AutoSelect property. Set it to false.

> [snip]  Maybe another control is
> better for the purpose of displaying static
> text?

For static text which the user can select and copy I like
to use an edit box with ReadOnly set to true and
Color set to clBtnFace or cl3DLight. It has nice built in
functionalities to copy, select, accelerators, etc.

If you want to completely hide the caret you can code
ActiveControl = NULL
inside the edit's OnEnter event handler.
But note this will also remove the inverted color when text
is selected.

You also migth consider using a Label instead.

Eudy

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