BackgroundColor (Property)

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Background color of an Edit control
Background color of a List Box or Combo Box control
Background color of a Static control
Background color of a Button control
Background color in a Radio Button or Check Box control
Background color of a TreeView control
Background color of a Table control or a cell, column or row in a Table control
Background color of a cell
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BackgroundColor (Property)

In french: CouleurFond

Warning
From version 24, BrushColor is kept for backward compatibility. This property is replaced by BackgroundColor.

..BackgroundColor is used to find out and modify the background color of:

a control.
a window.
a page.
a report block.
Versions 16 and later
a caption of a menu option.
New in version 16
a caption of a menu option.
a caption of a menu option.

Remark: The effects of ..BackgroundColor depend on the type of control (see "Remarks" for more details).

Versions 19 and later

This function is now available in browser code for Table controls in browser mode.

New in version 19

This function is now available in browser code for Table controls in browser mode.

Example

// The background color is modified according to the displayed value
IF EDT_Total > 15000 THEN
EDT_Total..BackgroundColor = LightRed
END

Syntax

Finding out the background color Hide the details

<Background color> = <Element used>..BackgroundColor

<Background color>: Integer or constant

Color of specified element. Corresponds to one of the following options:
an RGB color (returned by RGB),
a preset color.
The color is returned in the format of a character string by the browser.

<Element used>: Type of element

Name of element to use: control, window, page or report block.

Modifying the background color Hide the details

<Element used>..BackgroundColor = <New color>

<Element used>: Type of element

Name of element to use: control, window, page or report block.

<New color>: Integer or constant

New color for the specified element. Corresponds to one of the following options:
an RGB color (returned by RGB),
an HSL color (returned by HSL),
a preset color.

Remarks

Background color of an Edit control

..BackgroundColor is used to find out and modify the background color of the text typed.

Background color of a List Box or Combo Box control

..BackgroundColor is used to find out and modify the background color of:

All the options of the control.
A single option.
This feature is not available in WEBDEV.

Background color of a Static control

..BackgroundColor is used to find out and modify the background color of the text displayed a Static control.

Background color of a Button control

..BackgroundColor is used to modify the background color of a Button control.

Background color in a Radio Button or Check Box control

..BackgroundColor is used to find out and modify the background color of a Radio Button or Check Box control.

Background color of a Radio Button control

Background color of a TreeView control

..BackgroundColor is used to find out and modify the background color of:

All the options of the TreeView control.
A single option.

To find out or modify the background color of an option in the TreeView control, use the following syntax to identify the element in the TreeView control:

TreeViewName[RowNum]

Example: the following code is used to modify the background color of the second row:

TREE_Treeview1[2]..BackgroundColor = LightGreen

Background color of a Table control or a cell, column or row in a Table control

Used on the entire Table control, ..BackgroundColor allows you to:

Delete the colors specific to the cells and columns via the following syntax:

<Name of Table control>..BackgroundColor = DefaultColor
Modify the background color of all columns in the Table control (especially the uncolored columns and cells). For example, the following code is used color all the columns in blue:

<Name of Table control>..BackgroundColor = DarkBlue

This property is also used to find out and modify the background color of a cell in a Table control. The following syntax must be used to identify the cell:

NameTableControl[RowNum][ColumnNum]

Example: The following code is used to modify the background color of the cell found in first row, second column.

TABLE_Table1[1][2]..BackgroundColor = DarkBlue

Background color of a Table control cell

Caution: To keep the background color when selecting a row in a browsing Table control, ..BackgroundColor must be used in the process named "Selecting a table row".

Versions 19 and later

..BackgroundColor is available in browser code only for browser Table controls on:

Rows of the Table control (browser).
Columns of the Table control (browser).
Cells of the Table control (browser).

This property is not available in browser code for classic or Ajax Table controls.

New in version 19

..BackgroundColor is available in browser code only for browser Table controls on:

Rows of the Table control (browser).
Columns of the Table control (browser).
Cells of the Table control (browser).

This property is not available in browser code for classic or Ajax Table controls.

..BackgroundColor is available in browser code only for browser Table controls on:

Rows of the Table control (browser).
Columns of the Table control (browser).
Cells of the Table control (browser).

This property is not available in browser code for classic or Ajax Table controls.

Background color of a cell

..BackgroundColor is used to find out and modify the background color of the cells found in the WEBDEV pages.

Limits

Limitations on report controls
..BackgroundColor has no effect on:

the reports (as a whole).
the Internal Report controls.
Versions 21 and later
Signature controls.
New in version 21
Signature controls.
Signature controls.

Limits for the page controls
..BackgroundColor has no effect on the elements found in a List Box or Combo Box control.

In browser code, ..BackgroundColor operates on the following controls:

edit controls,
the List Box controls and the elements of a List Box control,
the Combo Box controls and the elements of a Combo Box control,
the rows of aTable control,
Static and HTML Static controls.
3-state Button controls.
the Check Box and Radio Button controls.
Image controls, Clickable Image controls.
the "Formatted display" controls.
the Link controls.
HTML controls.
cells.
the Thumbnail controls.
the iFrame controls.
Versions 19 and later
the rows of the browser Table control.
New in version 19
the rows of the browser Table control.
the rows of the browser Table control.
Versions 19 and later
the columns of the browser Table control.
New in version 19
the columns of the browser Table control.
the columns of the browser Table control.
Versions 19 and later
the cells of the browser Table control.
New in version 19
the cells of the browser Table control.
the cells of the browser Table control.

..BackgroundColor also operates on the pages.