Keeping Selection on Listview when not in focus

I'm told there is a way to keep the selection in a listview higlighted even though the listview no longer has focus with API calls? How may I do this. If there is a easier way without using API's that would be appreciated as well. Situation: I have a listview were I select a row and then have to fill out text boxes with specific data for that specific selection. However, when the listview loses focus you do not see the selection anymore (even though it is still selected). This is just a cosmetic thing...but I'd like to fix it.


Thanks,
Keith

Put this in the area above the rest of the code in the form: (the General Declarations area)

Code:

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Private Declare Function GetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowLongA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "SetWindowLongA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long, ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long
Private Const GWL_STYLE = (-16)
Private Const LVS_SHOWSELALWAYS = &H8

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This is the code that will make the change you want in the ListView. I suggest that you put it in Form_Load:

Code:

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Dim lStyle As Long
lStyle = GetWindowLong(ListView1.hwnd, GWL_STYLE)
lStyle = lStyle Or LVS_SHOWSELALWAYS
SetWindowLong ListView1.hwnd, GWL_STYLE, lStyle

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Of course, you should replace whatever says ListView1 with the name of your ListView.

Is there a way to change the color of the selection? With this method it is Gray when I loose focus...can I change that? If so, which property/variable does that?

Thanks for your time
Keith