Re: Background coloring of a control

[Einhugur Software <bjorn at einhugur dot com>]

On 23.1.2005, at 07:26, Alfred Van Hoek wrote:

> on 1/23/05 12:51 AM, Einhugur Software at bjorn at einhugur dot com wrote:
>
> > BackColors have worked for me (up to a point)
> >
> > That is if you call a REALbasic Graphics call (any such, even setting
> > the Graphics) then the back color gets lost.
>
> Oh no!, and I am using graphics calls. I figured that by setting the
> window.hasbackcolor allows for the backcolor change of the control, 
> but only
> on a non-composite window. Currently, I don't have any background 
> color at
> all, while the lib expects a background color. darn, using dynamic 
> access to
> a graphics object, in addition to two sliders, and a canvas seemed to 
> be so
> cool... So this statement from you supports my evolving notion that the
> plugin becomes more and more dependent on RB's performance and 
> potential
> bugs. I am not really satisfied:
>
> For example, when a non-metal window is chosen but with composite flag 
> and
> hasbackcolor = false, clicking in one of the arrow areas of the slider,
> shows a white background, but when dragging the thumb this white 
> background
> disappears.
>
> I wonder what else I can expect with the approach I have chosen. Going 
> back
> to a plugin model not based on dynamic access will be a huge task, 
> while the
> conclusion of dynamic access, using existing controls, appears very
> disappointing....
>
> Alfred
Is there any reason why you cant use the BackColor just exactly where 
you use it?
That is setting the back color only just before the call that uses it ?

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