ForegroundColor$
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Description
- Sets the color of the text displayed in all controls.
Syntax
The variable is case sensitive.
- ForegroundColor$ = "named color"
Hints
- Placing the statement. The ForegroundColor$ value must be set before a window is opened. If more than one ForegroundColor$ value is declared, the last value set will be valid for that window.
- Colors. The color variables used for GUI controls can only use named colors.
Example
'set the foreground and background colors nomainwin BackgroundColor$ = "darkblue" ForegroundColor$ = "lightgray" statictext #dialog.static, "What is your name?", 10, 10, 100, 20 textbox #dialog.tbox, 10, 30, 100, 20 button #dialog.accept, "Accept", [gotIt], UL, 10, 55 open "Name getter" for dialog as #dialog #dialog.tbox "Type your names in here." #dialog "trapclose [quit]" wait [gotIt] #dialog.tbox "!contents? name$" notice "Hi "; name$ wait [quit] close #dialog end
Useful Procedures
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