Turn off highljght of field selection

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MikeV06

Access 2003

I should be able to remember this or find it, but ...

Select query being displayed on a form (one record at a time with
navigation buttons).

Allow editing turned off, tab stops off.

Everything works. Opens with record selector highlighting first field.

What I would like to prevent is the form opening with the field showing the
highlighting record selection. This is just a display form so no need
exists for record selection or highlighting.

How do I turn off the record selection field highlight?

Thanks.
 
The "record selector" can be turned of in the form's Properties, Format tab.
If you mean that the cursor is still in the textbox, to remove that you need
to set the textbox's properties to Locked = Yes, Enabled = No. The cursor is
still there so that you can highlight the data in the field and copy it if
you want to for pasting elsewhere.
 
I think Wayne meant Enabled = Yes in order to allow you to select the data
that are in the textbox.
 
Hi Mike,

Locked = true
Enabled = False

This will just display data but not accept the focus, so
nothing will be highlighted

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The "record selector" can be turned of in the form's Properties, Format tab.
If you mean that the cursor is still in the textbox, to remove that you need
to set the textbox's properties to Locked = Yes, Enabled = No. The cursor is
still there so that you can highlight the data in the field and copy it if
you want to for pasting elsewhere.
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Perfect! Absolutely perfect! Thank you. I gotta read up on those properties
a bit more.

Thank you to all who responded.

Mike.
 
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