>I'm busy writing my first application in VFP 5.0a. To make the user interface more user friendly I want to change the BackColor\ForeColor of an object(textbox) from the default(White\Black) to White\Red for the object that has the focus. I eventually got around to doing this by by doing the following :
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>In the GotFocus property :
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>This.BackColor = 16777215
>This.ForeColor = 255
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>In the LostFocus property (to reset to default again)
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>This.BackColor = 16777215
>This.ForeColor = 0
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>Is there perhaps a shorter way of doing this other than pasting the code to each object's GotFocus & LostFocus properties? Something like a default setting that applies all the objects on a form even a List Box or a Combo Box. The object that is programmatically entered (a concatenated field consisting of a default value + another field depending on user input) can be manually set.
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>Any advice will be appreciated.
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>Petrus.
>(email : CassieC@Transnet.co.za)


The proper Windows way of doing this is to have the field select on entry. (set the SelectOnEntry property). Then, the colors the user has chosen will be used.