Thanks to all who have responded to the text color change. Dave Wolfgang CNC Programmer/Supervisor www.hrindustries.net
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Looney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 11:36 AM Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] change text color > Thanks Fred, I had the same problem. I changed the 3d objects to dark grey, > works fine for me. > > bob > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] change text color > >Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 08:33:11 -0400 > > > >Dave, > > > >The settings for the colors of the "PAUSE" and "PROMPT" dialogs are > >controlled by the Windows display settings. The default settings for > >Windows > >XP are particularly bad for SmartCAM. My first choice is to switch to the > >"Windows Classic style" > > > >In XP you access this setting from "Start" - "Settings" - "Control Panel" - > >"Display" - "Appearance" - "Windows and buttons:" and select "Windows > >Classic style". > > > >From the same location you can then select a different "Color scheme:". > > > > > >If you prefer the "Windows XP style" or you still want to change the text > >colors, this is where to go: > > > >In XP you access theses color settings from "Start" - "Settings" - "Control > >Panel" - "Display" - "Appearance" - "Advanced" - "Item:". > > > >The "Item" that controls the dialog background color is "3D Objects" - > >"Color 1:". Note that while the "Color:" setting for this item does control > >the color in most message boxes, it does not control the text color in the > >SmartCAM dialogs. > > > >The "Item" that controls the text color is "Selected Items" - "Color". Note > >that the settings for "Selected Items:", "Color 1:" and "Color:", also > >control all highlighting of menus and data input fields. Because of this > >you > >will have to change both of these settings to contrasting colors to avoid > >undesirable results elsewhere in SmartCAM and in other Window applications. > > > >The recommendation I made to our programmers for "Selected Items" was to > >set > >"Color 1:" to bright yellow and "Color:" to dark blue. > > > > > > > > > >================================================== > > Fred Lauzus, CAM Programming Coordinator > > High Steel Structures, Incorporated > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >http://www.highsteel.com <http://www.highsteel.com/> > >================================================== > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dave Wolfgang > >Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 11:21 AM > >To: SmartCam Forum > >Subject: [mfg-smartcam] change text color > > > > > >I have been running the same start-up macro for years and is working good. > >But now I would like to change the color of the text when I get the prompt. > >WHAT IS THE CUSTOMER'S NAME? > >WHAT IS THE PART NAME? > >WHAT IS THE DWG. NUMBER? > >It is in white, I would like to change it to black. Is there a way I can to > >this. I have attached my start-up macro. > > > >Regards, > >Dave Wolfgang > >CNC Programmer/Supervisor > >www.hrindustries.net <http://www.hrindustries.net> > > > > > >====================================================================== > >To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, > >send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >====================================================================== > > > Bob Looney > CNC Machine and Design LLC > P.O. Box 1405 > 250 SE Timber Ave. > Redmond, OR. 97756 > 541-350-7809 > 503-296-2544 FAX > > _________________________________________________________________ > Tax headache? MSN Money provides relief with tax tips, tools, IRS forms and > more! http://moneycentral.msn.com/tax/workshop/welcome.asp > > ====================================================================== > To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, > send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ====================================================================== > ====================================================================== To find out more about this mailing list including how to unsubscribe, send the message "info mfg-smartcam" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ======================================================================
