Prevent user from changing text box on Windows Form

Which version? In certain versions you can me.txtbox.locked = true, but you can't do that in 2010... or 2008, IIRC.

You can always use me.txtbox.enabled = false, the downside is you can't see it as well.

But Readonly is the acceptable property, when I double checked it, the help text says "Controls whether the text in the edit control can be changed or not." Sounds pretty definitive.

Finally, you just don't update those fields when you hit save.

Visual Studio 2010

Are you sure it's not working?

Readonly() prevents changes to the TextBox, but the user can still interact with the control.  The cursor changes and the user can select text and even copy it...

I can selected text and change it even after i set the readonly property to true

Can you post more code then?...or possibly upload a sample project?

readonly, is the correct approach.
you can also install infragistics and use ultratextbox which has differnt ways of disabling it.


If you really want to be classy, put a transparent label over the textbox. and use senttoback / sendtofront
instead of readonly

I have used infragistics... unless it  has improved, it is an overweight pig with some serious issues. I used it with .NET 2005... pretty, yes, reasonably functional, but the actual implementation leaves a lot to be desired. Oh, and it's REALLY expensive.

Its been heavily improved,  now its a colossal pig,  but they update it at least twice a year,  so the bugs are gone

Thank God the bugs are out... it made the product seriously unwieldy. Have they improved the performance of the various grids?

Any status update on this issue?