Pageframe background color in VFP8 and VFP9 1

[rob444]

I inherited a system build in vfp6 and have to maintain that in vfp8/9.
The mainform has a pageframe but I'm unable to set the color of a page in a pageframe.

In VFP6 this could be done by simply clicking on the background color property of the specific page.
This option is still available in vfp8/9 but doesn't change the background color of the spacific page.

Who knows how to handle this in vfp8/9 when having a pageframe in the form...

Rob.

 

[rob444]

I already found the solution:
By default the pageframe Themes property is .T.
To get what I want I need to change thie to .F.

It seems that the Windows XP Themes have a strange effect on this property....

Rob.

 

[Mike Gagnon]

There are many things that you will be unable to change when themes are on, recently I found that grid column header backcolor is disabled when themes are on.

Mike Gagnon

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[TamarGranor]

It's not really strange. When themes are on, you're handing control over virtually everything to do with appearance over to Windows. That's the idea of themes.

Tamar

 

[rob444]

Tamar,

I get the idea of themes.
But it gives some very strange looking results when "porting" vfp6 applications to vfp8 or 9.
Those strange results were the reason I looked into the themes issue.
I even uninstalled and reinstalled the several vfp versions multiple times because I thought something was wrong.

Yes I know, I had to read the helpfile on the issue "changed behaviour" much better, that would have saved me lots of time...
For me, being a foxbase/pro guy from the first release the portability of code had become a habit.
And... if nothing works, read the bloody manual...
I know, I need to change some habits....

My conclusions are - for now - that pageframes are the most affected by themes = .T., and then the grid-columnheaders...

Rob.

 

[Neil Toulouse]

Glad you found the answer Rob, I was having the same issues with pageframes!

Neil

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[awaresoft]

Neil,

VFP 9 has some fixes for the XP themes issues you are seeing. Henzenwerke.com's new book (now shipping) "What's new in 9" has a chapter section that specifically discusses XP theme related enhancements.

Malcolm