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By changing the WS_CHILD style bit of a window, you can make it appear as if it is disabled, even if the form is fully active and functional. These are the statements you need: Click here to copy the following block Private Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "SetWindowLongA" _   (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long, ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long Private Declare Function GetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowLongA" _   (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long Private Const GWL_STYLE = (-16) Private Const WS_CHILD = &H40000000 Private Sub Command1_Click()   ' set the WS_CHILD bit   SetWindowLong Me.hwnd, GWL_STYLE, GetWindowLong(Me.hwnd, _     GWL_STYLE) Or WS_CHILD End Sub

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