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MText Editor Background Color Can be Changed
« on: April 30, 2005, 12:16:11 AM »
I have put together a successful bit of code that allows a user to change the background color of the MText Editor window,  thereby allowing greater contrast and making the text more easily readable. For now I will not post the code, but I hope to port it to a program that runs in the background to allow the user to configure those colors and fonts on the fly.

Through a bit of trickery and brute force I was able to override the settings in both R2002 and R2004 ... I do not have 2005 or 2006 (yet) so I cannot test it on those ...

I will keep you informed of progress....
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« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2005, 08:19:39 AM »
Good work Keith.
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« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2005, 10:23:13 AM »
If you keep doing these great things there is no doubt you'll be the next recipient of the swamp award thingy.
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« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2005, 10:54:17 AM »
Votes.Add Mine;
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« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2005, 10:59:26 AM »
Keith assemble a "test app" and ill test it on 05 for ya. (If you want) ...Oh and my work has Mechanical building system design as well, if that would make a diff.
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« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2005, 11:19:15 AM »
Ditto Se7en. I'm running vanilla 2006 at home, I could test it out tomorrow.
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« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2005, 09:39:08 AM »
Can't help, but would love that proggy.

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« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2005, 10:31:25 AM »
I'll try and get an alpha posted tonight
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« Reply #8 on: May 02, 2005, 10:45:03 PM »
The text portion is not working yet .. but the background is.

http://www.theswamp.org/lilly_pond/keith/MTConfig.exe?nossi=1

Will keep you posted
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« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2005, 10:51:03 PM »
Ill check it out right away tomorow Keith.
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« Reply #10 on: May 02, 2005, 10:58:29 PM »
I just looked at 2006. Given the makeover they did I don't think your utility would be required -- the mtext editor now uses the current space background color and cecolor.  Quite dtext like.

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« Reply #11 on: May 03, 2005, 12:22:14 AM »
I just ran the routine through everything I have.  The background change works as advertised on 2005 and at least its civil and architectural vertical apps including Civil 3D and Revit 7.  It seems to have no effect in 2006 and I don't have access to 2002, 2000 or 14 to test.
This has me excited though, I have never liked the mtext window since they changed it from a plain light grey background with black text for "by layer" color text.

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« Reply #12 on: May 03, 2005, 05:29:03 AM »
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I just looked at 2006. Given the makeover they did I don't think your utility would be required -- the mtext editor now uses the current space background color and cecolor.  Quite dtext like.

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The background of the MText editor was changed to the background color of the drawing workspace (i.e. modelspace or paperspace) in 2004 (I think).

If it doesn't work with 2006, it is likely because of a code re-write for the mtext editor. I will have to wait until I get 2006 before I explore the reasons why it will not work for 2006 ... if it indeed does not work for 2006 ...
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« Reply #13 on: May 03, 2005, 06:26:15 AM »
I'm using this at the moment, very good, but it's changing everything that uses text, not just the mtext editor, i.e when I edit attributes, and the text always coumes out as the layer colour, not what i've specified in the proggy.

It's also changing the background of some stuff in word, outlook etc.
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« Reply #14 on: May 03, 2005, 08:15:16 AM »
Using 2004. Keith, another sweet proggy. Thank you so much. I'm using a grayish purple color. It only affects red text, but all other color are easier to read than when black.