What i would do in this case is use: _SCREEN.BackColor = RGB( R, G, B ) , where you can use the same numbers you see in the form editing. Also, when i want to know the values to use for a specific color, i select the color in the windows color picker, and use the values i see there for R G and B.
HTH
Jaime

>When I set the screen background it requires a number if I use, for example:
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>_SCREEN.backcolor=9454143 I get a dark blue screen,
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>but where can I find how these numbers corespond to the numbers like on a Form if I use Backcolor 0,64,128 which is roughly the same color.