This is so basic, I'm not even sure if this is the right place to post.

Anyways, I have a form, on the form there's a number of textfields, and when I run the program there's a blinking curser on one of those fields. How do I get rid of that? I tried something that slows the rate down, but the cursor is still there, I want it gone!

Thanks!

The blinking cursot means that the text box has the focus, and the user can type on it. Why do you want it to go away? That is a standard Windows settings.

Marco

Hi

I still need the focus on that particular textbox, but i just need to make the textbox invisible to different types of users using the same form. Just thought that by removing the blinking cursor totally, it would make it less obvious to users who are not supposed to see the textbox. Any way to change/control this setting? would appreciate any ideas given..

thanks!

Though I am not clear on what you are trying to achieve .. I presume that you want to hide certain textboxes for certain users. If my understanding is right... read on .... You could the visibility of the textbox to false.

For ex:
1. If a particular user type is not allowed to see that textbox .. do
txtFirstName.Visible = false

Hope this helps!

Best Regards
Vadivel

MVP ASP/ASP.NET
http://vadivel.thinkingms.com

Hi vadivel, thanks for the tip!

However, when i tried setting the text box visible to false, it gives a run time error '5' msg. Problem is that a couple of other procedures within the code is dependent on this text box field, and somehow setting it to invisible makes the other parts don't work properly.

i know its a bit confusing, and the effect im trying to acheive may be trivial. And it's mainly for asthetic purposes, just so users who are not supposed to know theres a textbox there, wont find the blinking cursor distracting. I just thought there might be a simple on/off control to get rid of it.

still open to other ideas :o)
thanks.

Vadivel is correct: if some user is NOT supposed to use that textbox, then that TextBox should be either invisible (visible=False) or inactive (Enabled=False). Remember that a controls not visible or disable cannot have the focus. Just changing the cursor is not a valid option. You have to revisit your code.
Marco

Hey morphy,

        Changing the visibility of the text box won't help...maybe what you can do is that you can either change the TabIndex of the textbox....or when the form runs, give the statement that sets the focus on the command button...commandbutton.setFocus. By this the focus would be on the command button hence avoiding the cursor to be on the text box....Try these..one out of these 2 should definitely work....

Hi All.

Thanks for the help, I manage to try out some of the suggestions given and pretty much got the effect that i wanted. Had to do some minor adjustments to my code structure though.

Thanks again.

cheers.

Can you tell me what is your solution. I have same issue as yours. Thanks a lot.