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Setting form color

When running my programs the forms of the program change background color as
I change the computers (XP) color selection - is there a simple way to have
the form colors stay at what I determined as a background color when
building the program, rather than having the systems color settings
influence them?

Thanks for any help...


Sep 18 '06 #1
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When running my programs the forms of the program change background color
as I change the computers (XP) color selection - is there a simple way to
have the form colors stay at what I determined as a background color when
building the program, rather than having the systems color settings
influence them?
Users choose their color schemes in Windows because, well, that is what they
want to see. You may not like the colors they selected, but so what, it is
their computer and they are entitled to set it up as they like. Your trying
to impose your own sense on what they should see by overriding the user's
settings is considered rude. You should adapt your program to work with the
user's Window settings, not the other way around.

Rick
Sep 18 '06 #2

"kerry" <no**@none.nonwrote in message news:H9************@newsfe03.lga...
When running my programs the forms of the program change background color as I
change the computers (XP) color selection - is there a simple way to have the
form colors stay at what I determined as a background color when building the
program, rather than having the systems color settings influence them?
I agree with Rick's reply. But in fact, the BackColor, for instance, won't
change if you have set it to a palette color, such as Blue. It will change if
you have set it to a system color, such as Button Face. It sounds like you have
chosen Button Face as your form BackColor, which will be the color the user
chooses for button faces.

Sep 19 '06 #3

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