Private Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "SetWindowLongA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long, ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function GetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowLongA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long

Private Const GWL_STYLE = (-16)

Private Const ES_NUMBER = &H2000

 

Private Sub Form_Load()

 

  Dim lngOldStyle As Long, WD As Long

  WD = Text1.hwnd

  lngOldStyle = GetWindowLong(WD, GWL_STYLE)

 

  lngOldStyle = lngOldStyle + ES_NUMBER

 

  Call SetWindowLong(WD, GWL_STYLE, lngOldStyle)

  

End Sub