PRB: Enabled Property of Label Does Not Change Appearance
Article ID: 180771
Article Last Modified on 3/11/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0
- Microsoft eMbedded Visual Basic 3.0
This article was previously published under Q180771
SYMPTOMS
Setting the Enabled property of a Label control to False does not change
the appearance of the label (grayed out) as expected.
RESOLUTION
The workaround is to add code to handle the appearance of the label control
whenever setting the Enabled property to False, and also to add code to
restore its appearance when setting the Enabled property to True. For
example:
'To disable a label:
Label1.ForeColor = vb3DShadow
Label1.Enabled = False
'To enable a label:
Label1.ForeColor = vbWindowText
Label1.Enabled = True
STATUS
This behavior is by design.
MORE INFORMATION
Changing the Enabled property of a control causes two actions: a change in
availability to the user and a change in visual appearance.
When a control-Enabled property is set to False, the control is not
available (cannot receive the focus) and the appearance becomes grayed out
to indicate unavailability.
Changing the Enabled property of a Label control affects the availability
of the control, but it does not change the appearance to match. The code
in the RESOLUTION section of this article correctly alters the appearance and availability.
Additional query words: wce disable vbce evb vbce6 wince
Keywords: kbtoolkit kbprb kbpending KB180771