Description: Sets a TextBox to read-only, prohibiting alteration to content ' set text1 to multi-line 'Const WM_USER = &H400 'Const EM_SETREADONLY = (WM_USER + 31) 'Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" _ (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Long) As Long Open "C:\CONFIG.SYS" For Input As #1 While Not EOF(1) Line Input #1, TmpStr$ KeepStr$ = KeepStr$ & TmpStr$ & Chr$(13) & Chr$(10) Wend text1.Text = KeepStr$ ' Set the text box to read-only mode: ret& = SendMessage(text1.hWnd, EM_SETREADONLY, True, 0&) If ret& = 0 Then MsgBox "Couldn't Set Text Box to Read-Only."