OK. But having such a reference would make our projects much easier.

>Actually, no. I just wanted to be able to have the command window show a different back color, that was all.
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>I do know how to reference the text in the command window (at least when it is the active window),, thought not as an object.
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>>I'm pretty sure that what Jim really wants to know, is if there's a way to get an object reference to the command window. I base this "wild guess" on the fact that I have asked Jim about this before.
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>>>Sure. Go to Control Panel, Display, Window Color and Appearance, Select Item Window and change the colors. Keep in mind that it'll affect all windows.
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>>>>Actually, this is a two part questions:
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>>>>(1) Can you set the back color for Command Window?
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>>>>(2) How?
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>>>>Thanks to anybody who responds to this idle request.