>Drag your mouse (with the left button down) across the text. Your example shows black for me. Same as I 've seen.
>
>Make these changes and you'll see what I mean:

I read your updated message and see what you mean.


>

>	ADD OBJECT text1 AS textbox WITH ;
>		Value = "www.microcomplex.com", ;
>		Height = 39, ;
>		Left = 46, ;
>		Top = 66, ;
>		Width = 317, ;
>		EnableHyperlinks = .T., ;
>		SelectedBackColor = RGB(255,0,0), ;
>		Themes = .T., ;
>		Name = "Text1"
>
>	ADD OBJECT command1 AS mycommandbutton WITH ;
>		Top = 163, ;
>		Left = 110, ;
>		Height = 28, ;
>		Width = 166, ;
>		Caption = "Command1", ;
>		Name = "Command1"
>ENDDEFINE
>DEFINE CLASS mycommandbutton as CommandButton
>FUNCTION Click
>  this.Parent.text1.EnableHyperLinks = not this.Parent.text1.EnableHyperLinks
>ENDFUNC
>ENDDEFINE

>
>>Hi Fred,
>>I try this and don't see problem
>>

>>PUBLIC oform1
>>oform1=NEWOBJECT("form1")
>>oform1.Show
>>RETURN
>>*************************************************
>>*-- ParentClass:  form
>>*-- BaseClass:    form
>>*-- Time Stamp:   06/26/07 08:35:14 PM
>>*
>>DEFINE CLASS form1 AS form
>>	DoCreate = .T.
>>	Caption = "Form1"
>>	Themes = .F.
>>	Name = "Form1"
>>
>>	ADD OBJECT text1 AS textbox WITH ;
>>		Value = "www.microcomplex.com", ;
>>		Height = 39, ;
>>		Left = 46, ;
>>		Top = 66, ;
>>		Width = 317, ;
>>		EnableHyperlinks = .T., ;
>>		SelectedBackColor = RGB(0,0,0), ;
>>		Themes = .T., ;
>>		Name = "Text1"
>>
>>	ADD OBJECT command1 AS commandbutton WITH ;
>>		Top = 163, ;
>>		Left = 110, ;
>>		Height = 28, ;
>>		Width = 166, ;
>>		Caption = "Command1", ;
>>		Name = "Command1"
>>ENDDEFINE
>>*
>>*-- EndDefine: form1
>>**************************************************
>>

>>
>>>>>When EnableHyperlinks is true in a textbox, the SelectedBackcolor becomes always black. Anybody knows how to set it to a specific color?
>>>>>
>>>>>Ben
>>>>
>>>>Hi Ben,
>>>>I cann't reproduce this behavior in vfp9 SP1.
>>>>Post a example.
>>>
>>>If you create a TextBox and set the .EnableHyperLinks property, the selected backcolor is always black, no matter what you may have in the .SelectedBackColor property. If you disable the .EnabledHyperLinks property, the .SelectedBackColor will be whatever you have chosen.