Gets or sets whether the control can receive focus and respond to user actions.
            
            
            
Syntax
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Public Overridable Shadows Property Enabled As Boolean  | 
 
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Dim instance As ElementControl
Dim value As Boolean
 
instance.Enabled = value
 
value = instance.Enabled  | 
 
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public virtual new bool Enabled {get; set;} | 
 
            
            
            Property Value
Boolean value: 
true if element is enabled; 
false otherwise
 
            
			
			
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Example
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control.Picture = Image.FromFile(Application.StartupPath + "\\smokes.bmp");
control.PictureMargin = 34;
control.MarginTop = 3;
control.MarginBottom = 3;
control.MarginLeft = 3;
control.MarginRight = 3;
control.PictureOrientation = FarPoint.Win.PictureOrientation.PictureRotate180;
control.AlignText = FarPoint.Win.TextAlign.TextLeftPictRight;
control.AlignHorz = FarPoint.Win.HorizontalAlignment.Left;
control.BackColor = Color.Red;
control.Text = "NO SMOKING";
private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
// Turn off the No Smoking sign
control.Visible = true;
control.Enabled = false;
control.Selectable = false;
control.CanFocus = false;
}
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control.Picture = Image.FromFile(Application.StartupPath & "\smokes.bmp")
control.PictureMargin = 34
control.MarginTop = 3
control.MarginBottom = 3
control.MarginLeft = 3
control.MarginRight = 3
control.PictureOrientation = FarPoint.Win.PictureOrientation.PictureRotate180
control.MarginTop = 3
control.MarginBottom = 3
control.AlignText = FarPoint.Win.TextAlign.TextLeftPictRight
control.AlignHorz = FarPoint.Win.HorizontalAlignment.Left
control.BackColor = Color.Red
control.Text = "NO SMOKING"
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
'Turn off the No Smoking sign
control.Visible = True
control.Enabled = False
control.Selectable = False
control.CanFocus = False
End Sub
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Requirements
Target Platforms: Windows 2000 Professional (SP4), Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server (SP1), Windows 2008, Windows XP (SP2), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
 
            
            
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