placing a shape over a textbox

is it possible to bring a shape infront of a text box? i cant seem to do it.

daniel

No it isnt.
Shapes, labels and lines are lightweight controls merely drawn onto the DC of their container.
Textboxes, listboxes etc are heavier controls and so have DCs of their own.

Hi danielz000,

One way of 'appearing' to do it is to play with the visible property so:


'Show shape
shape1.visible = true
text1.visible = false

'Show text
shape1.visible = false
text1.visible = true


This gives the illusion the shape is over the text box.

The Shape is lightweight control which means it can not on top of other controls.