Thanks George,
That looks like a winner. I know little about setting the registry; how would you set that up in code for run-time? We want the user to see only black at run-time & don't want to go to each machine to make the setting.
Thanks again

>>>Hi,
>>>We are trying to turn off syntax coloring while in modi comm (or in modi file) but the only thing that seems to work (sometimes) is set resouce off then modi file. Also, the syntax coloring behavior is different in development or at run-time, sometimes off and other times on.
>>>Is there a way to SET SYNTAX OFF (or ON)? can't find a VFP SET command, so is there another way to get at it?
>>>TIA
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>>Hi Bill,
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>>The syntax coloring is stored in the registry under HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\VisualFoxPro\6.0\Options. The settings, however, are a bit difficult to decipher, however. For example, the color of the comments are determined by the EditorCommentColor entry. On my machine it reads: "RGB(0,128,0,255,255,255, NoAuto, Auto". Obviously the first 3 color values are the foreground color and the last three the background. I'm not certain what the meaning of the NoAuto and Auto entries are.
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>>hth,
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>Arrgh! Make that: "RGB(0,128,0,255,255,255), NoAuto, Auto"