Microsoft KB Archive/180771

= PRB: Enabled Property of Label Does Not Change Appearance =

Article ID: 180771

Article Last Modified on 3/11/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0
 * Microsoft eMbedded Visual Basic 3.0

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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

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