I thought I had already sent this message. But when I looked at the Map, it was not there. Things are getting weirder.

The grid, shape and textbox were all added without changing any defaults (except the background color of the shape) and with no code.

Brenda


>Brenda,
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>So it really looks like it's related to the grid. Check the grid for >any "Setall()" code that changes colors It looks like it's relating to >textboxes OUTSIDE the grid as well as INSIDE.
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>HTH
>Barbara


>>Well after spending too many hours I can now produce my erroneous textbox background color consistently, in my application. I have a toplevel form, pageframes, and then a container, which are all classes. The textboxes have the incorrect color only if the container has a grid, and a shape that has a fill color solid, and a non-default background color. If i create a new container class and add a grid, shape (fill color solid and a non-default background color) and then a textbox, the textbox always has the shape's background color when I instantiate it within my application.
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>>Kind of weird, but I have seen weirder. Thanks for the help.
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>>Brenda
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