RGB is a function that given 3 parameters (Red,Greeb and Blue) each in the range of 0-255 will produce a number between 0 an 16M which is 1*B+256*G+65536*B Arnon > >>>How do I set the background color behind the command window? >> >>_SCREEN.BackColor = RGB( ) > > >in vfp50, i get an syntax error when using >_SCREEN.BackColor = RGB() > >