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mr_nick

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ComboBox Background Colour
« on: February 11, 2009, 04:24:17 AM »
Is there any way of altering the background colour of a combobox or making it stand-out in any way? I have a form with multiple combo boxes on it and when a user clicks the OK button I want to verify that each box has had a valid selection made and if there are any invalid ones, to highlight them in some way rather than the user having to check each and every box.
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Kerry

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Re: ComboBox Background Colour
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2009, 05:10:12 AM »
Can't set the combobox color.

One way to draw the eye to the offending control is to design the control with a picturebox behind ( slightly larger than the control and with a dominant color fill.
The picture box will normally have the visible property set to false ...
.. you can programattically set the visability property to true as a visual notifier.

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Re: ComboBox Background Colour
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2009, 05:17:02 AM »
like this piccy attachment
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Re: ComboBox Background Colour
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2009, 06:55:27 AM »
Thanks for the idea - does pretty much what I need.
« Last Edit: February 11, 2009, 07:31:05 AM by mr_nick »
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