Change Fore/BackColor of a Command Button

[DirkVFP]

Looking around the properties of the CommandButton class, I could not find any way to modify the fore- and backcolor of a command button. Now I'm wondering how to do it and why there are no fore- and backcolor properties to customize ones command button?

(I'm using VFP7 btw, maybe MS has put it in future versions?)

 

[alvechurchdata]

Now I'm wondering how to do it and why there are no fore- and backcolor properties to customize ones command button?

I believe the official line is that we're supposed to let the user choose their colours from the Windows Control Panel.

Geoff Franklin

http://www.alvechurchdata.co.uk

 

[Mike Lewis]

dirk,

This is possible in VFP 8.0 and above, but not in 7.0.

Geoff is right. We are supposed to respect the choices that users make in Control Panel.

Mike

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[DirkVFP]

I can understand the point of view from MS to make things user customizeable, but my target 'audience' does not change these settings. Am I still able to change those colors (via workarounds) or do I have to wait untill we purchase VFP8 or higher?

 

[Mike Lewis]

Dirk,

No, you can't change them in VFP 7.0. The usual workaround is to create a graphic file that contains the button caption and the combination of colours that you want, and display this in place of the caption (i.e. in the button's Picture property).

Mike

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[DirkVFP]

Mike,

I already thought of that, but that would be just too much work. So I'm going to keep the default colors.

Dirk

 

[Mike Gagnon]

Lookt at faq184-3534

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[DirkVFP]

Lookt at FAQ184-3534

It's in the generald coding issues FAQ, no wonder I couldn't find it Thank, this will certainly do for now.

 

[Mike Gagnon]

DirkVFP

It's in the generald coding issues FAQ, no wonder I couldn't find it [/code]

Back when it was written, there was only one VFP forum.

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[TamarGranor]

Whether or not your users generally leave teh color settings alone, keep in mind that sooner or later, you may have a user with visual issues who uses the Windows settings to make things visible for himself. If you're messing with colors in the application, then you're running the risk of making your application unusable for some people.

If you must specify colors, do it by reading the user's Windows settings and working with those colors.

Tamar