Hi, and thank you for the response. I did as you suggested and changed my method to be as follows:
Protected Overrides Sub OnPaint(ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs)
MyBase.OnPaint(e)
Dim brushBlueGradient As LinearGradientBrush
brushBlueGradient = New LinearGradientBrush(Me.ClientRectangle, _
Color.FromArgb(115, 160, 196), _
Color.FromArgb(194, 213, 224), _
LinearGradientMode.Vertical)
e.Graphics.FillRectangle(brushBlueGradient, New Rectangle(0, 0, Me.ClientSize.Width, Me.ClientSize.Height))
End Sub
Unfortunatly, still no luck. The background of the MDI Parent form is still dark grey. Any ideas?
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