Background/Foreground colors for StringGadget

[BackupUser]

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by TerryHough.

I am looking for a way to change the background color for a
selected StringGadget without sucess.

Trying to port an old application over to PB. Don't want to
mess with the user's mind much after the conversion.

The old app sets the active StringGadget to a light yellow
upon focus. When it loses focus, it is returned to a
white backgound like the entire form.

Other special items have their background set to red as a
warning feature.

So a form might have 20 StringGadgets. The current focused
gadget would have a yellow background. Other gadgets may have
a red background (which is a special situation indicator) or
have a normal white background.

The users are very accustomed to this feature and I am hoping
to be able to duplicate it.

Any advice appreciated.

Terry

[BackupUser]

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Berikco.

Originally posted by TerryHough

I am looking for a way to change the background color for a
selected StringGadget without sucess.

I'm also waiting for this to be included in PB.
I have seen some examples with callback procedures....nothing for a normal (non API) user i think.
Fred should put this as command in PB.

In GB32, it goes like this.

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 Ocx Label kader =  "Testlabel", 208, 30, 437, 71   (textgadget)
  kader.Appearance = 1                              (border on) 
  kader.BackColor = RGB(255, 255, 255)              (background color)
  kader.MultiLine = 1

Regards,

Benny


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[BackupUser]

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by TerryHough.

I'm also waiting for this to be included in PB.

Thanks for your reply Benny.

I am disappointed that this ability isn't built into the
PB gadgets. Hopefully Fred will find the time to expand
the StringGadget to include the additional features soon.
I really need it.

Using the API commands is not something I know how to do.
I am sure they allow for the color and other features,
since most other languages include them.

The other solutions using callbacks, etc. just leave me
confused and I have not been able to make it work for me.

Thanks,
Terry