Textboxes

How do I change the thing that blinks in text boxes (no idea what it is really called). IE: change it so it never blinks. Make it so it is not visible.

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That thing is called the caret. You'll need the window handle of the textbox then use the following API to hide it.

Code:

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Private Declare Function HideCaret Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal hWnd As Long) As Long

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Edited: If this textbox is in your form, suggest this (change Text1 to your textbox name)

Code:

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Private Sub Text1_GotFocus()
    HideCaret Text1.hWnd
End Sub

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You could disable the textbox instead; user won't be able to modify the contents. Locking the textbox still shows caret though one cannot change contents either. There may be other workarounds; but maybe describe why you don't want the user to see the caret when the textbox has focus?