Shawn,

If you don't need the Set_Color to be a separate method, I'd do it this way (also notice that you need to have two different names, one is the public property and the other is a field (usually private):

public bool HadError
{
	get { return m_HadError;}
	set 
	{
		m_HadError = value;
		if (value)
		{
			this.OrigBackColor = this.BackColor;
			this.BackColor = this.ErrorBackColor;
		}
		else
		{
			this.BackColor = this.OrigBackColor;
		}
	}
}

-or- if you prefer to keep it separate then:

public bool HadError
{
	get { return m_HadError;}
	set {m_HadError = value;
	     this.Set_Color();}
}

Either way is fine.

~~Bonnie


>What i would like to do is if i chnage a value on a custom property, i would like it to call a class that sets an objects backcolor.
>
>So i have a text box which has a property called HadError, when this property is true i would like the text box to turn red automatically.
>
>I have defined a property as follows where would i add the code to call the class that sets the color?
>

>
>private Color ErrorBackColor = Color.DarkRed;
>private Color OrigBackColor;
>
>[Description("If the TextBox Had an Error. Set by Business Object"),
>Category(""),
>DefaultValue(false)]
>public bool HadError
>{
>	get { return HadError;}
>	set {HadError = value;}
>}
>
>
>private void Set_Color()
>{
>	if (this.HadError)
>	{
>		this.OrigBackColor = this.BackColor;
>		this.BackColor = this.ErrorBackColor;
>	}
>	else
>	{
>		this.BackColor = this.OrigBackColor;
>	}
>}
>