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When you disable a control, VB grays its contents. However, often this action goes unnoticed by the end users. Here's a routine that changes the control's BackColor property in addition to changing its Enabled property: Click here to copy the following block ' enable/disable a textbox or a combobox ' (also changes its background) Sub EnableTextBox(tb As Control, ByVal Enabled As Boolean)   tb.Enabled = Enabled   If Enabled Then     tb.BackColor = vbWindowBackground   Else     tb.BackColor = vbInactiveBorder   End If End Sub

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