Or test the control type

For Each ctl In ProjectenForm.Controls
If Typename(ctl) = "TextBox" Then
ctl.BackStyle = fmBackStyleOpaque
End If
Next


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"Nikos Yannacopoulos" wrote in message
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That's because you are trying to set the backstyle property of a control
that doesn't have one, such as a command button, for instance. You need to
make some provision in your code to set the property of the desired
controls
only. Looking at the names of the controls in your first post, it looks
like
the following could work:

For Each ctl In ProjectenForm.Controls
If Left(ctl.Name, 2) = "Eg" Or Left(ctl.Name, 2) = "Mg" Then
ctl.BackStyle = fmBackStyleOpaque
End If
Next

provided that the name of the control causing the error doesn't start with
Eg or Mg.

HTH,
Nikos

"sjoopie" wrote in message
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Thanks for the help,

on the following line:

ctl.BackStyle = fmBackStyleOpaque

i receive error message 438


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