Try instead of text...endtext:

@ 4,1 say "HELLO" COLOR B+/G*

>I'm debugging a foxpro6 application that was originally written in either dos or 2.6. The users would like me to change the background color and text color but I'm not sure if that is doable. The code just writes to the fox window using the "TEXT" command and does not use any forms.
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>I'm going to suggest adding forms but the client may not want anything that's not broke left alone.
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>Thanks for all your help,
>Sunshine