[AccessD] Form custom back colours

MessageFurther to this thread from week before last......

I am using the RGB values on the site Bob (very kindly) posted to give me a number which I can use for an Access form object (or form back colour). eg. RGB(255,153,0) gives me the no. 39423. But if use that no. as the form back colour, I still don't get a clear colour (Same with several I have tried). 

The display setting is set to 256 colours and this is Win2K Pro, A2K.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bob Gajewski 
  To: AccessD at databaseadvisors.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 10:48 AM
  Subject: RE: [AccessD] Form custom back colours


  Kath

  Check out: http://www.webdiner.com/annexe/hexcode/hexcode.htm for a complete chart of the 256 colors. It includes the RGB and Hex values for each.

  Regards,
  Bob Gajewski
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Software Design & Solutions Pty Ltd. [mailto:SDSSoftware at Optusnet.com.au] 
    Sent: Monday 2003 Jan 13 19:58
    To: AccessD at databaseadvisors.com
    Subject: Re: [AccessD] Form custom back colours


    Sounds like good advice. But what *are* those 256 Windows colors in terms of Access? The Access grid offers a 6 x 8 grid of basic colours, giving a total of 48. Anything else created within that window is a 'custom' colour and in my experience, will not display clearly while the Windows setting remains at 256 colours. Why is that? And what do you other developers do with your form colour? 

    Kath
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