Do controls start off as not enabled?

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I have some controls that use the DrawInto method to create a picture property. This is done in the open event of each control. Later when I display the picture, the picture displays a disabled image of the control. Is this what I should expect? Is there a way around this?

Edit: The control isn’t displayed as disabled but rather grayscale.

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I suspect that is the problem.

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Some things will never draw exactly as in a running UI
Default pushbuttons tend to not be blue
You see this in the IDE when you set a pushbutton to be blue for much the same reason

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[quote=135735:@Norman Palardy]Some things will never draw exactly as in a running UI
Default pushbuttons tend to not be blue
You see this in the IDE when you set a pushbutton to be blue for much the same reason[/quote]

In this case, it will draw exactly. But not right out of the gate. Eg. Doing it in a pushbutton after everything is displayed does it correctly.

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You could use a timer to initiate the drawing so you don’t have to click a button.

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Roger, that worked. Timer with a period set to 500 seems to do the trick. Thank you.