Button Forecolor Property and XP

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Paul Fairless

I have created a Windows XP manifest file to enable my VB.NET applications
to exhibit the characteristics of the XP style.

On a form I have a button and I have explicitly set its forecolor property
to RED. However when it displays, the text on the button remains BLACK!

Why is this and how do I correct it?

Many Thanks
Paul F
 
Paul Fairless said:
I have created a Windows XP manifest file to enable my VB.NET applications
to exhibit the characteristics of the XP style.

On a form I have a button and I have explicitly set its forecolor property
to RED. However when it displays, the text on the button remains BLACK!

Why is this and how do I correct it?
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That's because you have set the button's 'FlatStyle' property to 'System'
and the 'System' rendering style doesn't support setting the foreground
color of the button.
 
Thank You for your reply Herfried.

I have tried setting the Flatstyle property to other settings such as
'Standard', but although I now get the red forecolor, I loose the XP style.
How do I achieve both?

Many Thanks

Paul F
 
Paul Fairless said:
I have tried setting the Flatstyle property to other settings such as
'Standard', but although I now get the red forecolor, I loose the XP
style. How do I achieve both?
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IIRC .NET 2.0 will support this scenario. In the meantime you may want to
use the button control presented at
<URL:http://dotnetrix.co.uk/buttons.html>.
 
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