Changing colours brings up compiler error.

[ChrisMacPherson]

I made an app. and then selected 'make .exe' from File menu. Everything worked o.k and the app worked. Then I thought &quot;that interface is boring!!&quot; so I changed all the colours. Now when I select &quot;make .exe&quot; the compiling progress bar appears and gets to 100%, then the making .exe progress bar comes up, gets to about 15% and the program crashes. Eh? I cant quite work it out. I have tried many times, rebooting the pc every time! Do listboxes have to have a white background?<br><br>Thanks in advance for any help!!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

 

[chiph]

Did you change all the colors by going to each control/form in your project and setting the values there, or did you go to the Display Properties and change them system-wide?<br><br>If the former, then sometimes I've had the .frx files get damaged.&nbsp;&nbsp;What you do then is open the form in the VB editor, delete the associated .frx file, and then save the form thus recreating the .frx.&nbsp;&nbsp;Then go onto the next form in your project.<br><br>Chip H.<br>

 

[ChrisMacPherson]

Yes I, changed all the colours by going to each control and setting the property values.<br><br>I'll try what you suggest, but I am not sure what a .frx file is!! I am fairly new to VB. I'll report back.<br><br>Cheers again!! <br><br>

 

[ChrisMacPherson]

Sorry I cant work out where the .frx file is!! <br><br>Do you actually mean the .frm (or is that just a stupid question?)<br><br>I am stuck.

 

[ChrisMacPherson]

I have found the .frx files(Doh!) and your suggestion works!!!<br><br>However I have now pinpointed the problem. I have some SS_commands on one of my forms. In each one I have some text with the effects and stuff, and also I have loaded a bitmap to each one. The program will compile etc. if I remove the bitmaps but I dont want to have to do this!! <br><br>Any suggestions??