>Hilmar,
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>The customer wants to change the back color of required fields. I usually try and follow that recomendation. But you know, the customer is always right :).
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>>>I am trying to change the back color of a combobox. If I set the style to a combo list the area around the text is grey if I change the backcolor to anything but white. Is there a way to do this?
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>>The usual recommendation goes something like this: if there isn't a built-in way to change the colors, then the whole idea is to use the user preferences (standard Windows colors) - as defined in the Control Panel. I am not sure whether it applies here, but it is worth taking this counsel into account.
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>>Hilmar.

My recommendation, of course, was for general distribution.

The customer can change the settings in his Control Panel. If the customer insists that you use certain colors, regardless of the "user preferences" (Control Panel), then the programmer, of course, tries to comply.

I don't know whether the colors you indicated can be changed - in some cases, changing colors which can't otherwise be changed involves selecting a different control, or creating your custom control.

Otherwise, I have no further ideas.

Hilmar.