>>Situation:
>> - VFP 3.0b
>> - Color planes: 8 (256 colors)
>> - Deployment: (limited, 2 pcs)
>>
>>Problems:
>> - Setting background color to non-palette color
>> does not correctly produce dithered color in
>> object. Particularly troublesome are Text and
>> List objects.
>>
>>Conclusions:
>> - There is a trick to making dithered colors work in
>> VFP, and someone here knows how.
>> - This is hopeless in VFP 3, and works in VFP 5. We
>> are committed to VFP 3 for some client sites that
>> still use Win 3.1.
>>
>>...anon...
>>Omar S. Juma
>>anon@umich.edu
>
>Some of what you are experiencing will depend on video card, driver, monitor, and resolution. VFP has nothing to do with these.
>
>Craig

if vfp has nothing to do with these, then why do i get correct behavior
in vfp 5.0? anyone curious that has both vfp 3.0 and 5.0 is welcome
to try the following recipe:

1) set display to 256 colors, any resolution, any monitor, any driver, any video card
2) create a form
3) place text and edit box objects
4) set background color on both objects to 220,220,220
5) set margin on text object to a fat 10 pixels for fun
6) compare vfp3 vs. vfp5 behavior

i have tried every possible trick, and a lot of random and rancid
cursing in the direction of redmond. it's still broken.

it could be a win-api related bug that vfp5 somehow works around or
avoids. vfp3 simply refuses to use dithered colors in certain objects.

...anon...