"Dave Leach" <babel@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:B2A79E12-15AF-4DE7-81B8-F0AF0D0ACECE@microsoft.com...
> Eric,
>
> You could use interoperablity services to get at some features available
> in
> the user32.dll. Look at the following code for some ideas. The public
> methods below allow you to control the appearance of focus effects on
> controls.
>
> using System;
> using System.Windows.Forms;
> using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
>
> using namespace DllImports
> {
> public class User32DllImports
> {
> public User32DllImports()
> {}
>
> protected const int WM_CHANGEUISTATE = 0x00000127;
> protected const int UIS_SET = 1;
> protected const int UIS_CLEAR = 2;
>
> protected const short UISF_HIDEFOCUS = 0x0001;
> protected const short UISF_HIDEACCEL = 0x0002;
> protected const short UISF_ACTIVE = 0x0004;
>
> [DllImport( "user32.dll" )]
> public extern static int SendMessage( IntPtr hWnd, int wMsg, int
> wParam, int lParam );
>
> public static void MakeAcceleratorsVisible( Control c )
> {
> SendMessage( c.Handle, WM_CHANGEUISTATE, MAKELONG(UIS_CLEAR,
> UISF_HIDEACCEL), 0 );
> }
>
> public static void MakeAcceleratorsInvisible( Control c )
> {
> SendMessage( c.Handle, WM_CHANGEUISTATE, MAKELONG(UIS_SET,
> UISF_HIDEACCEL), 0 );
> }
>
> public static void MakeFocusVisible( Control c )
> {
> SendMessage( c.Handle, WM_CHANGEUISTATE, MAKELONG(UIS_CLEAR,
> UISF_HIDEFOCUS), 0 );
> }
>
> public static void MakeFocusInvisible( Control c )
> {
> SendMessage( c.Handle, WM_CHANGEUISTATE, MAKELONG(UIS_SET,
> UISF_HIDEFOCUS), 0 );
> }
>
> public static void MakeActiveVisible( Control c )
> {
> SendMessage( c.Handle, WM_CHANGEUISTATE, MAKELONG(UIS_SET,
> UISF_ACTIVE), 0 );
> }
>
> public static void MakeActiveInvisible( Control c )
> {
> SendMessage( c.Handle, WM_CHANGEUISTATE, MAKELONG(UIS_CLEAR,
> UISF_ACTIVE), 0 );
> }
>
> private static short LOWORD( int dw )
> {
> short loWord = 0;
> ushort andResult = (ushort)(dw & 0x00007FFF);
> ushort mask = 0x8000;
> if ( (dw & 0x8000) != 0 )
> {
> loWord = (short)( mask | andResult );
> }
> else
> {
> loWord = (short)andResult;
> }
> return loWord;
> }
>
> private static int MAKELONG( int wLow, int wHigh )
> {
> int low = (int)LOWORD( wLow );
> short high = LOWORD( wHigh );
> int product = 0x00010000 * (int)high;
> int makeLong = (int)( low | product );
> return makeLong;
> }
> }
> }
>
> Hope that helps,
> Dave
>
> "EricL" wrote:
>
>> Yes, thank you. I had tried that.
>>
>> But that's not enough.
>>
>> I'd also like to avoid seeing the small dots signifying focus, appear on
>> the
>> button when I click on it.
>>
>> Is that possible?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> "Norman Yuan" <NotReal@NotReal.not> wrote in message
>> news:%23rHofyJGGHA.1124@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> > You simply need to set TabIndex and/or TabStop property of a control
>> > (in
>> > Properties Window, or menu "View->Tab Order").
>> >
>> > "EricL" <eric@lescasse.com> wrote in message
>> > news:43c83012$0$27867$afc38c87@news.easynet.fr...
>> >> C# question:
>> >>
>> >> Is there a way to prevent a button from getting the focus and from
>> >> being
>> >> painted with a rectangle of small dots when clicking on it?
>> >>
>> >> Specifically, I have a form with 2 TextBox and a Button: say I am in
>> >> the
>> >> first TextBox and the Button is the next control in the form.
>> >>
>> >> What do I have to do so that tabbing out of the first TextBox skips
>> >> the
>> >> Button over and sets focus to the second Textbox?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for help.
>> >>
>> >> Eric
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>