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Q141317: How to Change the Color of Edit Boxes on a Wizard Form

Article: Q141317
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbcode
Last Modified: 11-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0 
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SUMMARY
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After Creating a form with the Screen Wizard, you may want to change the colors
of text boxes and edit boxes. The colors displayed by the text boxes can be
changed by editing the backcolor, forecolor, disabledbackcolor, and
disabledforecolor properties on the property sheet. However, edit boxes are not
disabled and enabled by the edit button as are text boxes. The Readonly property
of the edit box is changed when the edit/revert or add/save buttons are clicked.

MORE INFORMATION
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Edit box colors can be changed by adding code to the Click events of the
add/save and edit/revert buttons as in the following example:

1. Use the employee table, and build a wizard form using the last_name field and
  the notes memo field.

2. Add the following code to the Click event of the edit/revert button:

   TXTBTNS.CMDEDIT::CLICK   && scope resolution operator
                              && to make sure Wizstyle.vcx code is executed
     If !THISFORM.notes1.READONLY
       THISFORM.notes1.FORECOLOR= THISFORM.last_name1.FORECOLOR
       THISFORM.notes1.backcolor= THISFORM.last_name1.BACKCOLOR
     ELSE
       THISFORM.notes1.FORECOLOR= THISFORM.last_name1.DISABLEDFORECOLOR
       THISFORM.notes1.BACKCOLOR= THISFORM.last_name1.DISABLEDBACKCOLOR
     ENDIF

  In this code, the edit box is called notes1 and the text box is called
  last_name1.

3. Place the same code in the add/save button. Replace cmdEdit with cmdAdd. This
  code will allow the edit box colors to stay in sync with the text box colors.
  Alternate colors may be used by specifying RGB colors in the code instead of
  forecolor, backcolor, disabledforecolor, or disabledbackcolor.

4. If you changed the disabled colors of the text boxes in the Property sheet,
  add the following two lines of code to the Init event of the form:

     THISFORM.notes1.FORECOLOR= THISFORM.last_name1.DISABLEDFORECOLOR
     THISFORM.notes1.BACKCOLOR= THISFORM.last_name1.DISABLEDBACKCOLOR

Additional query words: VFoxwin

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Keywords          : kbcode 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP300
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0

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