Color Schemes

Question

I just upgraded to visual Foxpro 7. I need to know how to change colors of some text and data entry points

Answer 1

Hope you are not using @SAY/GET commands in Visual FoxPro. From which FoxPro version did you upgrade to VFP7?

Visual FoxPro 7 uses ForeColor and BackColor property on almost all visual controls and you may select the color in Form designer or simply write a line of code:

THISFORM.Text1.ForeColor = RGB(255,0,0)  && Red foreground color - equivalent to COLOR R+

Some controls can inherit colors from Windows Themes and you cannot change them when Form.Themes property is set to .T. (this is also valid for @ ... SAY/GET).

BTW, why didn't you upgrade to VFP 9? Its SP2 is the latest and the most stable version.

I would also recommend this book: http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/hackfox7.htm (and many others from Hentzenwerke).

Answer 2

Hi Pavel

The problem I have is I moved from Visual FoxPro 5 to Visual FoxPro 7 which went fine. In version 5 you could change colors with the statement Set Color to gr+/w,w+/b but that doesn't work in version 7. I have read the help files but still can't figure it out. Your help will be greatly appreciated.

Frank

Answer 3

Hi mr. Hydrant,

Pavel is absolutely correct (of course). Do yourselve a favor and forget about VFP7 instantly. Since you only recently updated to VFP7 you might aswell update now to VFP9SP2 which will secure you to the newest most stable version of Visual FoxPro.

Also get rid of the set color to GR+/W a.s.o. use the more modern way of the color properties which you will find in your object.

The helpfile and the solutions samples can give you excellent guides how to do this. But we are prepared to assist you also with some information.

Regards,

KoenP

Answer 4

Hi Koen

I moved up to VFP 7 because it was free from a friend of mine. I'm sure I will be able to get VFP 9 soon if I annoie him for it. In the mean time I'm sort of stuck with what I have. Back to my problem. Changing colors of text and data entry fiels was so much easer with VFP 5. I have read the help files in VFP7 but for some strange reason I can not get changing colors to work. I know I'm missing something someware. Perhaps if you could send me some examples it might make sense to me. It must be an age thing. LOL

Frank

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Answer 5

Hi Frank,

there are two properties for manipulating object colors.

ForeColor will change the font

Backcolor will change the background

These two props are available for almost every object on your form. However, in case of changing the preset values and seeing no reaction on your form, you might have to set 'Themes=.F.' from within the properties window. This prop is also availlable for each object.

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Answer 6

I wrote it already but I have to extend if probably...

Simply place following command at the beginning of your code:

_screen.Themes = .F.

Answer 7

Um, if you mean what I think you mean, your friend can't legally give you VFP 9, unless he has stopped using it and uninstalled it from his computer.

Tamar

Answer 8

Hi Tamar

Well there is legal and then there is legal, I feel as long as I get original disks I'm Legal. If he doesn't uninstall the software I have no control over that. Either way it is not pirated.

Frank

Answer 9

Hmmm...  Interesting. How do you apply this theory to downloadable software? (Visual FoxPro is not available on discs today.)

OTOH, this discussion is a little bit off-topic here because this forum cannot solve your software legality... I am expecting your software is legal.

Tamar, please could you tell how to legally use software which is not on the market already? (FoxPro 2.x, VFP 5, 6 etc.)

Answer 10

Hydrant,

You can buy VFP9 at http://microsoft-visual-foxpro.software.informer.com/9.0/ the price is reasonable and the product is wonderfull.Can you afford/live with the fact that you use a stolen copy?

Regards,

KoenP

Answer 11

Hydrant,

You can buy VFP9 at http://microsoft-visual-foxpro.software.informer.com/9.0/ the price is reasonable and the product is wonderfull.Can you afford/live with the fact that you use a stolen copy?

KoenP could you please point the place where this page offers VFP 9 for sale?

My opinion: software.informer.com is almost useless web resource and I've never found what I need on this page so I am skipping all similar links returned by search engines...

Answer 12

Frank, is this what you need?

Answer 13

I'll check it out. thanks

Answer 14

Hi Pavel

I tried _screen.forecolor = rgb(0,0,0) and than _screen.backcolor = rgb(0,0,0) that works and that works for most things. I'll try your solution and see if that works.

Thanks

Frank

Answer 15

Frank,

this is not related to colors at all and I would highly recommend to close this question and creating a new one. It will also be better searchable.

Others can tell more but if the SET CENTURY does not work for you then we have to count it as "by design" feature.