>>Naomi
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>>I want to choose the color of a shape in form1 with a palete I created in form2
>>The palete has lots of buttons with different back colors
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>>I tried
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>>res4.&shapex.BackColor = this.BackColor
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>>But it results error
>
>Try res4..&shapex.BackColor = this.BackColor

res4.&shapex..BackColor = this.BackColor

But there is no need to use macro when it's not needed.