Button colour

[Tom Weston]

Hello
Why are my buttons always Grey? how can I change the colour of the button?

Tom

[Larry Linson]

"Tom Weston" wrote

Why are my buttons always Grey? how
can I change the colour of the button?

Buttons pick up one of the colors of the Windows color scheme chosen by the
user. In general, that is a good thing because the user is used to clicking
command buttons of that color and recognizes them. If you have other needs,
you can set the Button's Transparent property to Yes and place it over a
rectangle or label of the color you desire.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP

[s]

Tom Weston wrote:

Hello
Why are my buttons always Grey? how can I change the colour of the button?

perhaps they are sad
show them some understanding and tlc and they may brighten up

seriously i would not even try to change the button color unless the
functionality of the button has to do with colors, users are used to a
consistant ui

[Trevor Best]

s wrote:

Tom Weston wrote:

Hello
Why are my buttons always Grey? how can I change the colour of the
button?

perhaps they are sad
show them some understanding and tlc and they may brighten up

seriously i would not even try to change the button color unless the
functionality of the button has to do with colors, users are used to a
consistant ui

If they notice them, on my requisition form I have buttons for Select
Bidders, Enquiry, Bid Details and Order. Each gets enabled depending on
if the package has progressed that far (e.g. if no order created yet,
the Order button is disabled). Not good enough for one client, they want
the bloody buttons to turn green as well :-(

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[Peter De Baets]

Access has nothing built-in to allow for changes in the command button
backcolor. There are some third-party tools that may help:

A shareware version of Button Painter for MS Access is available at
this web site: http://www.peterssoftware.com/bp.htm

Some simple colored button examples that can be copied into your
application are available at: http://www.peterssoftware.com/clrbtn.htm

Stephen Lebans has an example database that shows how to set a command
button back color and more: http://www.lebans.com/cmdbutton.htm

There are nice "Color Command Buttons" downloads at this site:
http://www.candace-tripp.com/access_downloads.htm

Hope this helps,

--
Peter De Baets
Peter's Software - MS Access Tools for Developers
http://www.peterssoftware.com

"Tom Weston" <t.********@dl. ac.uk> wrote in message news:<cj******* ***@blackmamba. itd.rl.ac.uk>.. .

Hello
Why are my buttons always Grey? how can I change the colour of the button?

Tom

[fredg]

On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 19:23:37 +0100, Trevor Best wrote:

s wrote:

Tom Weston wrote:

Hello
Why are my buttons always Grey? how can I change the colour of the
button?

perhaps they are sad
show them some understanding and tlc and they may brighten up

seriously i would not even try to change the button color unless the
functionality of the button has to do with colors, users are used to a
consistant ui

If they notice them, on my requisition form I have buttons for Select
Bidders, Enquiry, Bid Details and Order. Each gets enabled depending on
if the package has progressed that far (e.g. if no order created yet,
the Order button is disabled). Not good enough for one client, they want
the bloody buttons to turn green as well :-(

I think Stephen Lebans has something
http://www.lebans.com

but I would just use a label control.
If you add a label from the toolbox, (Special Effect Raised) you can
code it's Mouse Up (SpecialEffect = 1) and Mouse Down (SpecialEffect =
2) events to emulate the raised and sunken Special Effect of a command
button.
Code the label's click event as you would the command button.
--
Fred
Please only reply to this newsgroup.
I do not reply to personal email.

[Tom Weston]

Thanks for all your help, I now have buttons other than grey.
Tom

"fredg" <fg******@examp le.invalid> wrote in message
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On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 19:23:37 +0100, Trevor Best wrote:

s wrote:

Tom Weston wrote:

Hello
Why are my buttons always Grey? how can I change the colour of the
button?

perhaps they are sad
show them some understanding and tlc and they may brighten up

seriously i would not even try to change the button color unless the
functionality of the button has to do with colors, users are used to a
consistant ui

If they notice them, on my requisition form I have buttons for Select
Bidders, Enquiry, Bid Details and Order. Each gets enabled depending on
if the package has progressed that far (e.g. if no order created yet,
the Order button is disabled). Not good enough for one client, they want
the bloody buttons to turn green as well :-(

I think Stephen Lebans has something
http://www.lebans.com

but I would just use a label control.
If you add a label from the toolbox, (Special Effect Raised) you can
code it's Mouse Up (SpecialEffect = 1) and Mouse Down (SpecialEffect =
2) events to emulate the raised and sunken Special Effect of a command
button.
Code the label's click event as you would the command button.
--
Fred
Please only reply to this newsgroup.
I do not reply to personal email.

[Trevor Best]

Tom Weston wrote:

Thanks for all your help, I now have buttons other than grey.
Tom

And I bet you dress like this:

http://www.imdb.com/gallery/ss/02175...ewis,%20Daniel
(http://tinyurl.com/58br9 to avoid wraps).

:-)

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Pretentious? Moi?