BTW, I'm using VC# Express 2008.
Edited by BobLewiston, 04 March 2009 - 06:09 PM.
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how to change WinForm controls' text color programatically?
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Posted 04 March 2009 - 06:01 PM
Can anybody tell me how to change WinForm controls' text color programatically? I have no problem finding the fields to assign colors to, but the compiler doesn't recognize any color I mention, whether it's something like WindowText, or something like Red.
BTW, I'm using VC# Express 2008.
BTW, I'm using VC# Express 2008.
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Posted 04 March 2009 - 06:19 PM
How are you trying to assign the color to the control? Are you setting it in the properties, or are you trying to do it in the code?
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Posted 04 March 2009 - 06:54 PM
Why not just use the properties section? If you want to do it by hand, you need to do it in the form constructor, after the form has been initialized.
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Posted 04 March 2009 - 10:38 PM
You need to assign it with a color object. You need to initialize that object. You can't just assign something like "red".
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Posted 04 March 2009 - 10:52 PM
Yeah, I learned you have to say something like
textBox1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;but here's what I discovered through trial and error: it turns out that when a TextBox's ReadOnly property is set to true (as this one was), the Text property can be modified, but the ForeColor property can't.
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