William Hindman
dejpolsys at hotmail.com
Fri Jan 31 01:42:00 CST 2003
...those colors are probably optimized for web site display :( William >From: "Software Design & Solutions Pty Ltd." <SDSSoftware at Optusnet.com.au> >Reply-To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com >To: <AccessD at databaseadvisors.com> >Subject: Re: [AccessD] Form custom back colours >Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 16:28:36 +1100 > >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 _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail