Trouble with changing text on a textbox in vb

Question

Hello I am having a problem changing the text color of a textbox in vb I know that changing is like this

Textbox.ForeColor = Color.Red

when I do this it doesn't change anything still gives me the same black color . Also can it be because it in read only or is there some wrong with visual studio or My project

Edit: I am using VB 9 or VB 2008 w/ VS 2008 Express

Answer 1

Unfortunately I don't think you can easily change the colours on a read-only textbox. There are some workarounds but they're a bit hacky.

Answer 2

It will work if you change the color and then reassign the text.

dim s as string
s = TextBox1.Text
TextBox1.ForeColor = Color.AliceBlue
TextBox1.Text = s

Answer 3

Go to propeties of text box find something called back color and you can change the color