Hi Omar,

I really don't know offhand what the problem could be but a couple of thoughts come to mind.

It probably doesn't matter since you are setting the colors, but I ususally use the default Windows Colors for the ColorSource.

Sometimes video cards and video drivers have been known to cause problems of this sort. The only sure way I know of to test that is to test the application on a different machine with a different video card and drivers. On your development machine you could try different video settings and make it as basic as possible, etc. to test.

I note from the JPG's you sent me that it looks like you are using some non-VFP container-type controls to host some of the data controls. Is this correct? If so, obviously consideration has to be given to the possibility that they are contributing to the problem.

Perhaps someone else has seen this specific problem and knows the exact answer and can jump in.

Bill

>Thanks for the reply...
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>this what happens at runtime...
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>1stSCR is great...no problem
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>but,
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>on 2ndSCR which is the read operation the chaotic back color appears
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>all I wanted is white backcolor, it somehow adopts what's in the background.
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>here's the object propeties...
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>backcolor = 255,255,255
>backstyle = opaque
>colorsource = object's color prop
>disabledbackcolor = 255,255,255
>disabledforecolor = 0,0,0
>forecolor = 0,0,0
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>what could be missing