Color Name vs. Color Number

[Todd D. Levy]

I want to select different colors for the text in labels for controls
depending on the field being required or optional (to give the user an
easy visual cue).

Is there a list of color names and what the appropriate color number is?

[Jim Allensworth]

On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 18:27:45 -0500, Todd D. Levy
<us**************@spamex.com> wrote:

I want to select different colors for the text in labels for controls
depending on the field being required or optional (to give the user an
easy visual cue).

Is there a list of color names and what the appropriate color number is?

Look in help for Color Constants. Some are...
vbRed
vbGreen
vbMagenta
.... and so on.

- Jim

[Rich P]

The easiest way to figure this out is to manually pick a color
(background color, forecolor, etc) for your control (textbox, combobox,
label, ...) in the design view of a form (or report) and then look at
the color number in the property sheet of the control you just colored.
You could pick a variety of colors (by right-clicking on the contorl in
the design view and picking a color from the context menu) to make up a
list of colors, or even experiment by changing the numbers in the
property sheet to get a color you like. A slightly more sophisticated
approach would be to use the RGB function (red/green/blue) - details how
to use it in the online help in Access.

Rich

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[Todd D. Levy]

Thank You everyone.