That was what I was suggesting before I scrathched the idea. Einar would then have to call Backcolor = color.red from his constructor.


>Hey, Einar,
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>I'm full on pizza and root beer (just threw a victory party for youth hockey league...damn, those kids can eat), so take this post as a total shot in the dark...
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>When you override the backcolor, try this...
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>	get { return base.BackColor; }
>	set { base.BackColor = value;  }
>}
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>Let me know if that works (if not, I'll switch to diet pepsi!) ;)
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>Kevin
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> get { return base.BackColor; }
>>> set { ; }
>>> }
>>>
>>> public myTabPage()
>>> {
>>> InitializeComponent();
>>> base.BackColor = Color.Red;
>>> }
>>>
>>> protected override void Dispose( bool disposing