Command Button Color 1

[LuRSH]

Hi Folks!

I know this is not a new issue but I didn't find any answer yet...

In an application I'm developing there are (naturally) many command and toggle buttons. The problem is depending on the default Windows color sometimes the "fore color" I defined for those buttons is the same as the background color, meaning that it's impossible to see the caption on those buttons.

I don't want to establish a pallet for the application, once different users have different "taste" for colors, so I would prefer to let then use their own Windows color.

For what I've heard I can't change the buttons background color but I wonder if is there a way to know which color is set for that background? This would help because once I knew the background color It would be possible to "shift" the foreground color so they would not match...

Thanks in advance...

 

[winbod]

Command buttons are not that flexible so an alternative could be to use a Rectangle rather than a command button. Set the BackStyle to Normal, the SpecialEffect to Raised, and the forecolour to something more unusual - the OnClick event is still available. It looks similar but you do loose the look of the button when it is clicked. To overcome this have a flat rectangle that is set to invisible that is made visible and then invisible during the event.

 

[LuRSH]

Hi Winbod,

I used this solution before. It works but it has some drawback and I was hoping to find another kind of solution...

Thanks anyway!

 

[jebry]

Hi!

Check out this web site

http://www.lebans.com

You should find a Db called command buttons or something like that which will have code to do what you want.

hth
Jeff Bridgham

 

[LuRSH]

Thanks Jebry! Nice site!