> Hello - I have a panel with a couple of labels in it and the labels
> have their text showing up in blue and yellow. When I set the panels
> enabled property to false, the labels lose their blue & yellow
> colours. Can I stop this?
> Many thanks
> Monty

> The purpose to change the color of the Label is to show that it is disable.
> You might want to disable individuals items in the panel instead of
> disabling the whole panel.

> Barry Tang
> VB Dev

> --
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

> > Hello - I have a panel with a couple of labels in it and the labels
> > have their text showing up in blue and yellow. When I set the panels
> > enabled property to false, the labels lose their blue & yellow
> > colours. Can I stop this?
> > Many thanks
> > Monty

> Firstly thank you for your reply.

> The 'fuller' scenario is this.
> 1. I have a lot of controls on a panel in a usercontrol.
> 2. I need to catch the MouseOver event (and others) in the
>    form that the usercontrol is sitting on.
> 3. When the panel is enabled, the MouseOver event of the
>    usercontrol is not raised. When the panel is disabled,
>    it is.

> Thus, my reason for wanting to disable the panel is not
> to disable the controls, but to allow these 'normal' events
> to occur. I want the labels etc to look the same
> regardless of whether they are enabled or disabled.

> I have explored two current workarounds:

> 1. To raise the events (specifically MouseOver, MouseMove,
>    MouseEnter) etc in the usercontrol by specifically
>    overriding the events in the panel and raising then
>    manually raising the respective events in the usercontrol.
>    Adds a bit of code to the control and all up sort of has
>    an amateur feel about it.
> 2. To remove the controls from the panel and just place then
>    directly on the usercontrol (so that MouseOver etc are
>    raised by the usercontrol on the parent form). The main
>    impetus for putting the labels etc on the panel in the first
>    instance is that I want to move them around in a group.
>    By not putting them on a panel, I have to move all the
>    labels etc manually.

> I'm really not wanting to implement either of these solutions
> in the deployment version of my application. What I really
> desire is a label and other simple controls that do not
> change appearance when disabled, or a nifty little way of
> subclassing these controls so that there appearance doesn't
> change when enabled/disabled.

> As I can see this requirement being common (at least in a specific
> application I am currently working on), I need to test the water
> and confirm that I am not missing something obvious. It would have
> been so nice if someone had replied saying "Dummkopf, try this".

>   label1.ChangeAppearanceOnDisabled = False

> But I'm open to all solutions as I will almost certainly have to
> revisit this issue later in the week if there isn't a known way to
> implement the functionality I require.

> Again thank you for thinking about the problem.
> Monty

> > The purpose to change the color of the Label is to show that it is
disable.
> > You might want to disable individuals items in the panel instead of
> > disabling the whole panel.

> > Barry Tang
> > VB Dev

> > --
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.

> > > Hello - I have a panel with a couple of labels in it and the labels
> > > have their text showing up in blue and yellow. When I set the panels
> > > enabled property to false, the labels lose their blue & yellow
> > > colours. Can I stop this?
> > > Many thanks
> > > Monty

> Hey there,

> We tried to recreate your issue and found the following:

> 1. We added MouseEnter events to a label in the panel in the usercontrol.
> This event fired when the usercontrol was enabled, didn't fire when it
> wasn't.
>  2. We added code to the MouseEnter event of the usercontrol (in the form).
> This event also fired only when the usercontrol was enabled.

> So, basically, we are getting the opposite of what you did. A few
> suggestions:

>  1. Did we miss something? Let us know.
>  2. You can move multiple labels at once by ctrl-click or shift-click to
> multi-select.

> We still feel like we're missing something, but we hope this helps.

> Barry Tang
> Developer, VB.NET
> --
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

> > Firstly thank you for your reply.

> > The 'fuller' scenario is this.
> > 1. I have a lot of controls on a panel in a usercontrol.
> > 2. I need to catch the MouseOver event (and others) in the
> >    form that the usercontrol is sitting on.
> > 3. When the panel is enabled, the MouseOver event of the
> >    usercontrol is not raised. When the panel is disabled,
> >    it is.

> > Thus, my reason for wanting to disable the panel is not
> > to disable the controls, but to allow these 'normal' events
> > to occur. I want the labels etc to look the same
> > regardless of whether they are enabled or disabled.

> > I have explored two current workarounds:

> > 1. To raise the events (specifically MouseOver, MouseMove,
> >    MouseEnter) etc in the usercontrol by specifically
> >    overriding the events in the panel and raising then
> >    manually raising the respective events in the usercontrol.
> >    Adds a bit of code to the control and all up sort of has
> >    an amateur feel about it.
> > 2. To remove the controls from the panel and just place then
> >    directly on the usercontrol (so that MouseOver etc are
> >    raised by the usercontrol on the parent form). The main
> >    impetus for putting the labels etc on the panel in the first
> >    instance is that I want to move them around in a group.
> >    By not putting them on a panel, I have to move all the
> >    labels etc manually.

> > I'm really not wanting to implement either of these solutions
> > in the deployment version of my application. What I really
> > desire is a label and other simple controls that do not
> > change appearance when disabled, or a nifty little way of
> > subclassing these controls so that there appearance doesn't
> > change when enabled/disabled.

> > As I can see this requirement being common (at least in a specific
> > application I am currently working on), I need to test the water
> > and confirm that I am not missing something obvious. It would have
> > been so nice if someone had replied saying "Dummkopf, try this".

> >   label1.ChangeAppearanceOnDisabled = False

> > But I'm open to all solutions as I will almost certainly have to
> > revisit this issue later in the week if there isn't a known way to
> > implement the functionality I require.

> > Again thank you for thinking about the problem.
> > Monty

> > > The purpose to change the color of the Label is to show that it is
>  disable.
> > > You might want to disable individuals items in the panel instead of
> > > disabling the whole panel.

> > > Barry Tang
> > > VB Dev

> > > --
> > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>  rights.

> > > > Hello - I have a panel with a couple of labels in it and the labels
> > > > have their text showing up in blue and yellow. When I set the panels
> > > > enabled property to false, the labels lose their blue & yellow
> > > > colours. Can I stop this?
> > > > Many thanks
> > > > Monty

> I really appreciate this followup by you guys. Thank you.

> In direct answer to your question, yes we are doing different things.
> ALWAYS my UserControl is enabled, and this will always be the case. I
> am just DISABLING THE PANEL containing the labels WITHIN my
> UserControl.

> This is what I see: When the panel is disabled, the labels colour etc
> change colour yet I can catch the MouseOver etc events for the
> UserControl. When the panel is enabled, the label colour appears how
> it should but the MouseOver etc events for the UserControl are not
> raised.

> I want to be able to catch the events for MouseOver etc, have the
> labels be the colour I set them in the properties window, and have the
> labels on a panel so I can simply move them around in a block.

> Best regards
> Monty

> > Hey there,

> > We tried to recreate your issue and found the following:

> > 1. We added MouseEnter events to a label in the panel in the
usercontrol.
> > This event fired when the usercontrol was enabled, didn't fire when it
> > wasn't.
> >  2. We added code to the MouseEnter event of the usercontrol (in the
form).
> > This event also fired only when the usercontrol was enabled.

> > So, basically, we are getting the opposite of what you did. A few
> > suggestions:

> >  1. Did we miss something? Let us know.
> >  2. You can move multiple labels at once by ctrl-click or shift-click to
> > multi-select.

> > We still feel like we're missing something, but we hope this helps.

> > Barry Tang
> > Developer, VB.NET
> > --
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.

> > > Firstly thank you for your reply.

> > > The 'fuller' scenario is this.
> > > 1. I have a lot of controls on a panel in a usercontrol.
> > > 2. I need to catch the MouseOver event (and others) in the
> > >    form that the usercontrol is sitting on.
> > > 3. When the panel is enabled, the MouseOver event of the
> > >    usercontrol is not raised. When the panel is disabled,
> > >    it is.

> > > Thus, my reason for wanting to disable the panel is not
> > > to disable the controls, but to allow these 'normal' events
> > > to occur. I want the labels etc to look the same
> > > regardless of whether they are enabled or disabled.

> > > I have explored two current workarounds:

> > > 1. To raise the events (specifically MouseOver, MouseMove,
> > >    MouseEnter) etc in the usercontrol by specifically
> > >    overriding the events in the panel and raising then
> > >    manually raising the respective events in the usercontrol.
> > >    Adds a bit of code to the control and all up sort of has
> > >    an amateur feel about it.
> > > 2. To remove the controls from the panel and just place then
> > >    directly on the usercontrol (so that MouseOver etc are
> > >    raised by the usercontrol on the parent form). The main
> > >    impetus for putting the labels etc on the panel in the first
> > >    instance is that I want to move them around in a group.
> > >    By not putting them on a panel, I have to move all the
> > >    labels etc manually.

> > > I'm really not wanting to implement either of these solutions
> > > in the deployment version of my application. What I really
> > > desire is a label and other simple controls that do not
> > > change appearance when disabled, or a nifty little way of
> > > subclassing these controls so that there appearance doesn't
> > > change when enabled/disabled.

> > > As I can see this requirement being common (at least in a specific
> > > application I am currently working on), I need to test the water
> > > and confirm that I am not missing something obvious. It would have
> > > been so nice if someone had replied saying "Dummkopf, try this".

> > >   label1.ChangeAppearanceOnDisabled = False

> > > But I'm open to all solutions as I will almost certainly have to
> > > revisit this issue later in the week if there isn't a known way to
> > > implement the functionality I require.

> > > Again thank you for thinking about the problem.
> > > Monty

> > > > The purpose to change the color of the Label is to show that it is
> >  disable.
> > > > You might want to disable individuals items in the panel instead of
> > > > disabling the whole panel.

> > > > Barry Tang
> > > > VB Dev

> > > > --
> > > > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >  rights.

> > > > > Hello - I have a panel with a couple of labels in it and the
labels
> > > > > have their text showing up in blue and yellow. When I set the
panels
> > > > > enabled property to false, the labels lose their blue & yellow
> > > > > colours. Can I stop this?
> > > > > Many thanks
> > > > > Monty

> Alright, here's the code that I use.

> Create a new project with a single form (form1) and a single
> usercontrol (usercontrol1). Paste the following code into each.

> Good luck.
> Monty

> CODE TO BE PASTED INTO FORM1
> ******************************************************

> Public Class Form1
>     Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

> #Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "

>     Public Sub New()
>         MyBase.New()

>         'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
>         InitializeComponent()

>         'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call

>     End Sub

>     'Form overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
>     Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As
> Boolean)
>         If disposing Then
>             If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
>                 components.Dispose()
>             End If
>         End If
>         MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
>     End Sub

>     'Required by the Windows Form Designer
>     Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer

>     'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form
> Designer
>     'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.
>     'Do not modify it using the code editor.
>     Friend WithEvents Label1 As System.Windows.Forms.Label
>     Friend WithEvents CheckBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox
>     Friend WithEvents UserControl11 As
> WindowsApplication4.UserControl1
>     <System.Diagnostics.De{*filter*}StepThrough()> Private Sub
> InitializeComponent()
>         Me.Label1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label()
>         Me.CheckBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.CheckBox()
>         Me.UserControl11 = New WindowsApplication4.UserControl1()
>         Me.SuspendLayout()
>         '
>         'Label1
>         '
>         Me.Label1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(29, 10)
>         Me.Label1.Name = "Label1"
>         Me.Label1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(225, 77)
>         Me.Label1.TabIndex = 0
>         Me.Label1.Text = "I would like to be able to catch the mouse
> enter event when I move the cursor ove" & _
>         "r the yellow user control below. Importantly I want the text
> in the UserControl " & _
>         "to always appear enabled."
>         '
>         'CheckBox1
>         '
>         Me.CheckBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(25, 101)
>         Me.CheckBox1.Name = "CheckBox1"
>         Me.CheckBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(227, 16)
>         Me.CheckBox1.TabIndex = 1
>         Me.CheckBox1.Text = "Enable panel in user control"
>         '
>         'UserControl11
>         '
>         Me.UserControl11.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(50, 153)
>         Me.UserControl11.Name = "UserControl11"
>         Me.UserControl11.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(131, 84)
>         Me.UserControl11.TabIndex = 2
>         '
>         'Form1
>         '
>         Me.AutoScaleBaseSize = New System.Drawing.Size(5, 13)
>         Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(292, 273)
>         Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control()
> {Me.UserControl11, Me.CheckBox1, Me.Label1})
>         Me.Name = "Form1"
>         Me.Text = "Form1"
>         Me.ResumeLayout(False)

>     End Sub

> #End Region

>     Private Sub CheckBox1_CheckedChanged(ByVal sender As
> System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles
> CheckBox1.CheckedChanged
>         UserControl11.SetPanelEnabledOrDisabled = CheckBox1.Checked
>     End Sub

>     Private Sub UserControl11_MouseEnter(ByVal sender As
> System.Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles UserControl11.MouseEnter
>         MsgBox("Mouse Enter")
>     End Sub

>     Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
> System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
>         UserControl11.SetPanelEnabledOrDisabled = CheckBox1.Checked
>     End Sub
> End Class

> CODE TO BE PASTED INTO USERCONTROL1
> ******************************************************
> Public Class UserControl1
>     Inherits System.Windows.Forms.UserControl

> #Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "

>     Public Sub New()
>         MyBase.New()

>         'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
>         InitializeComponent()

>         'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call

>     End Sub

>     'UserControl overrides dispose to clean up the component list.
>     Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As
> Boolean)
>         If disposing Then
>             If Not (components Is Nothing) Then
>                 components.Dispose()
>             End If
>         End If
>         MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
>     End Sub

>     'Required by the Windows Form Designer
>     Private components As System.ComponentModel.IContainer

>     'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form
> Designer
>     'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.
>     'Do not modify it using the code editor.
>     Friend WithEvents Panel1 As System.Windows.Forms.Panel
>     Friend WithEvents Label1 As System.Windows.Forms.Label
>     <System.Diagnostics.De{*filter*}StepThrough()> Private Sub
> InitializeComponent()
>         Me.Panel1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Panel()
>         Me.Label1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Label()
>         Me.Panel1.SuspendLayout()
>         Me.SuspendLayout()
>         '
>         'Panel1
>         '
>         Me.Panel1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Yellow
>         Me.Panel1.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control()
> {Me.Label1})
>         Me.Panel1.Name = "Panel1"
>         Me.Panel1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(140, 93)
>         Me.Panel1.TabIndex = 0
>         '
>         'Label1
>         '
>         Me.Label1.Font = New System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans
> Serif", 8.25!, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold,
> System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, CType(0, Byte))
>         Me.Label1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue
>         Me.Label1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(19, 7)
>         Me.Label1.Name = "Label1"
>         Me.Label1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(96, 74)
>         Me.Label1.TabIndex = 0
>         Me.Label1.Text = "I would like this text to always to appear
> blue (or whatever colour it is when it" & _
>         " is enabled)"
>         '
>         'UserControl1
>         '
>         Me.Controls.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.Control()
> {Me.Panel1})
>         Me.Name = "UserControl1"
>         Me.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(141, 93)
>         Me.Panel1.ResumeLayout(False)
>         Me.ResumeLayout(False)

>     End Sub

> #End Region

> #Region "Usercontrol user code"

> #End Region

>     Public WriteOnly Property SetPanelEnabledOrDisabled() As Boolean
>         Set(ByVal vblnEnablePanel As Boolean)
>             Panel1.Enabled = vblnEnablePanel
>         End Set
>     End Property

>     Private Sub Panel1_Paint(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As
> System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) Handles Panel1.Paint

>     End Sub
> End Class