form field highlight

[Brian]

how can I prevent the field from being entirely highlighted when entering
the field or when opening the form. My text is white and when the field is
highlighted (in white) I can't see the text.

 

[Wayne-I-M]

Why is your font colour white on a white background ?

Oh well, you must have a good reason ?

Put this on GotFocus

Private Sub TextBoxName_GotFocus()
Me.TextBoxName.BackColor = vbBlack
End Sub

 

[Brian]

actually the field background is set to transparent and the form color is
dark so I am using a white font color to see the text on the dark form - but
when the focus goes into the field, the whole field is highlghted in white
thereby making my text invisible.

your solution works, thanks

Brian