combobox issue after selection

Mike G:

Here is the code.  Thanks for your help! (I may have one too many/too few braces; I had to reformat the code for this window.

Andy

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Data;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using UtilityCode;

namespace WindowsControlLibrary
{
public class ChooseBox : ComboBox
{
public ChooseBox()
{
this.CausesValidation = true;
this.GotFocus += new EventHandler(ChooseBox_GotFocus);
this.LostFocus += new EventHandler(ChooseBox_LostFocus);
this.DropDown += new EventHandler(ChooseBox_DropDown);
this.Font = new Font("Andale Mono", 11F, FontStyle.Regular);
} // constructor

void ChooseBox_GotFocus(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.BackColor = Color.Yellow;
this.Font = new Font(this.Font, FontStyle.Bold);
} // method: GotFocus

void ChooseBox_LostFocus(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.BackColor = Color.White;
this.Font = new Font(this.Font, FontStyle.Regular);
} // method: LostFocus

protected override bool ProcessCmdKey(ref Message msg, Keys keyData)
{
bool retValue = base.ProcessCmdKey(ref msg, keyData);
const int WM_KEYDOWN = 0x100;
const int WM_SYSKEYDOWN = 0x104;
if ((msg.Msg == WM_KEYDOWN) || (msg.Msg == WM_SYSKEYDOWN))
{
switch (keyData)
{
case Keys.Down:
SendKeys.Send("{TAB}");
retValue = true;
break;

case Keys.Up:
SendKeys.Send("+{TAB}");
retValue = true;
break;

case Keys.Enter:
SendKeys.Send("{TAB}");
retValue = true; // setting retValue =true here prevents a beep
break;
}
return retValue;
} // method: ProcessCmdKey

void ChooseBox_DropDown(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.BackColor = Color.White;
this.Font = new Font(this.Font, FontStyle.Regular);
}
}
}