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Q57585: Background Color Greater Than Seven Causes Region to Blink

Article: Q57585
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 1.00 1.02 | 1.00 1.02
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 26-FEB-1990

It is possible to configure both the background and foreground color
of the various text items that the Microsoft Editor (M) displays. If
you attempt to set the background color to a color greater than seven,
the color region blinks. This behavior, however unusual, is expected,
and is documented in the "Microsoft Editor for MS OS/2 and MS-DOS
User's Guide" on Page 87.

The following M Editor color switches control the colors of various
text display regions:

   Switch        Controls
   ------        --------

   hgcolor       Background and text color
   hgcolor       Search highlight colors
   infocolor     Information message colors
   selcolor      Cursor highlight colors
   stacolor      Status line colors
   wdcolor       Window border colors

The following are the colors these switches can be set to:

   Black                 0
   Blue                  1
   Green                 2
   Cyan                  3
   Red                   4
   Magenta               5
   Brown                 6
   Light Gray            7
   Dark Gray             8   Will blink when set to background
   Light Blue            9   Will blink when set to background
   Light Green           A   Will blink when set to background
   Light Cyan            B   Will blink when set to background
   Light Red             C   Will blink when set to background
   Light Magenta         D   Will blink when set to background
   Light Yellow          E   Will blink when set to background
   White                 F   Will blink when set to background

These colors are set in your TOOLS.INI as follows:

               +------------------- Background Color
               |
               v

   colorswitch:BF <---------------- Foreground Color

The following example, inserted in your TOOLS.INI, sets the foreground
and background colors of the editing windows (90 percent of the
screen):

   fgcolor:62 < ------------------- Green

           ^
           |
           +----------------------- Brown

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