Well, I hit a snag using Themes in forms.
I have a column Exit EEP and one line will not work when I use themes.
Set var cust# = .vcust1 cust# is predefined
This EEP has worked for years but with themes that part of the
EEP fails.
I think my head must be on backwards.
Marc
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Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Windows Large font size and Forms
I agree with Dawn on this one. In my very first 7.1 application, I used the
default "btnface" color for the background in my form, panels, etc... Looked
beautiful here. I sent screen images to the client and they loved it.
Installed it there for the first on-site test, and all the controls had an
unreadable dark-blue background!!! On another computer the backgrounds were
some kind of brown. The office was staffed with 3 elderly ladies, each of whom
had changed the windows default for larger fonts and different color schemes.
I had to change every form, and alot of the controls, to use nothing but the
standard color names. To tell you the truth, I've gotten sloppy and don't do
that anymore. This was the only client I've had it happen with.
Karen
Marc
As far as the colors are concerned, always choose colors for your objects
using color names, or custom colors (red, cyan, maroon, etc.) vs using the
'object' type colors (btnface,window,btnhighlight), etc. Those are controlled
by the users Windows settings. Whatever their setting is for buttons is how
your buttons will display. If you specify the exact color you want, the
windows setting shouldn't affect it any.
Also, I'm not sure if you use themes, the windows large font size might be
ignored..you'd have to try.
Dawn
