Changing background color on MDI parent form

[Omar Llanos]

How can I change the background color of an MDI form? I read in msdn that it
takes the background of windows (and not the BackColor) but I wanted to
really make sure. I know that in VC it can be done.

Thanks.

[Jeffrey Tan[MSFT]]

Hi Omar,

The MSDN is true, you can not change the backcolor of MDI form by
setting its backcolor property.

As a workaround, you can create a mdiclient control,changin g the
mdiclient's backcolor
and add it into the mdi form, then the mdi form will display the
mdiclient's color.

Hope this helps,
Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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| How can I change the background color of an MDI form? I read in msdn that
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| takes the background of windows (and not the BackColor) but I wanted to
| really make sure. I know that in VC it can be done.
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| Thanks.
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