>>The Interface Hall of Shame (
http://www.iarchitect.com/shame.htm) warns about any sort of hard-coded colors for a couple of reasons: 1) in other cultures, peoples' mental color associations are different
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>It would be straightforward to put my color choices in my system table (SYSTAB). If I had done that, would it satisfy this stated concern?
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>>and 2) some people have different types of color-blindness.
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>I can't see this as a concern. To the color-blind user some boxes would appear to have the same color. That's not fatal because the color is only a hint anyway. Why deprive the other 99%?
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>Peter
Hi Peter,
As one with a medium red/green color deficiency, I would tend to agree with you, however, I would never use color as the single indication of a control's status. Textbox back color is not a problem since most color blindness tends to be in the pastel shades and the person can detect changes in intensity if not color. Using font forecolor changes could be dangerous.
Bob Tracy
Never engage in a battle of wits if you're only half armed.