ForeColor & BackColor on Labels & Buttons

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Hi folks!

I'm new to this forum. I've programmed in VB starting
w/VB1 about 9 years ago! ;) Certainly most time spent
in VB6. Now trying to make the leap to VB.NET. Much
harder than I thought it would be. For now, I need to
know how to change the foreground and background colors
on labels and buttons. I used to be able to do this in
VB6 but cannot seem to get it to work in VB.NET. Any
suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

Jim/
 
Jim said:
I'm new to this forum. I've programmed in VB starting
w/VB1 about 9 years ago! ;) Certainly most time spent
in VB6. Now trying to make the leap to VB.NET. Much
harder than I thought it would be. For now, I need to
know how to change the foreground and background colors
on labels and buttons. I used to be able to do this in
VB6 but cannot seem to get it to work in VB.NET. Any
suggestions will be greatly appreciated!
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The Forecolor and Backcolor properties are still there in VB.NET.
 
Well, yes they are there, but they don't work ;)

ForeColor of the label works but BackColor doesn't and
NEITHER work on a Button... What am I doing wrong?
Another guy told me there was a fix coming in SP2 to fix
this problem. Anyone heard anything about that?

Jim/
 
Well, yes they are there, but they don't work ;)

ForeColor of the label works but BackColor doesn't and
NEITHER work on a Button... What am I doing wrong?
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I don't know because I don't know _what_ you are doing.
Another guy told me there was a fix coming in SP2 to fix
this problem. Anyone heard anything about that?
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I have no problem setting the backcolor in VB 2003, Framework 1.1, Win XP
Prof./SP1

AFAIK SP2 is only available for Framework 1.0 and there is no SP for
Framework 1.1. (AFAIR)
 
In my haste to get the question posted, I neglected to tell
that I'm developing an app to run on the *compact framework*
on a CE device. Maybe THAT's where the deficiency is??

lblA1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.RoyalBlue
lblA1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Cyan

cmdB1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Cyan
cmdB1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red

ONLY the first line of code has any effect on the objects.

Jim/
 
Jim said:
In my haste to get the question posted, I neglected to tell
that I'm developing an app to run on the *compact framework*
on a CE device. Maybe THAT's where the deficiency is??
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Maybe. I don't know, sorry.
lblA1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.RoyalBlue
lblA1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Cyan

cmdB1.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Cyan
cmdB1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red

ONLY the first line of code has any effect on the objects.
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Tried it here without a problem. Maybe you are starting a process directly
after changing the color? If you do, Win does not have the time to repaint
the controls.
 
Well, it's all about the *compact framework*!!
You are correct. It works fine for a standard desktop
app. Doesn't work for a CE.NET app! :(

Thanks MS!

Jim/
 
Armin,

I realize you can't help with the CF but just knowing
what the problem is is helpful to me :)

Thanks!

Jim/

P.S. For anyone else interested, there will be a service
pack for the CF to solve this problem in the near future.
 
The same problem exists in the CF developing in C

----- Jim wrote: ----

Armin

I realize you can't help with the CF but just knowin
what the problem is is helpful to me :

Thanks

Jim

P.S. For anyone else interested, there will be a servic
pack for the CF to solve this problem in the near future
 
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