[AccessD] Weird form color problem

Thank you Gustav,

This is our first problem, that we know of, with a Dell computer.  All of
our development is done on Dell's but not the Dell Laptop.  I'll try and
find one to test on.  I have not tried a graphics driver update but did play
with the computer settings with no improvement.  As I said, images are
rendered properly so it seemed to me that this might be an office issue.

Doug

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 9:56 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Weird form color problem


Hi Doug

It might be a Dell issue (we've seen many strange things on Dells, though
not this). 
However, try to, if you are allowed to:

Check for graphic driver update.
Change graphic resolution, run the app, change resolution back. Switch to
another "Theme" Switch to "Classic view" - like Win2000 Switch to same
resolution but fewer colours

/gustav

>>> dw-murphy at cox.net 09-01-2006 18:35:02 >>>
Folks,

We have an application that has been installed on several hundred computers.
We were recently visiting a client and helped to put the application on her
laptop.  When opened the forms in the app. were not in the color that was
set at design time and the text boxes that have their background set to
transparent, and borders invisible were back to white background and normal
borders.  This is an mde file.  When we designed the app we set all forms
and controls to non windows colors so that if the user sets their windows
preferences to some non-standard color set it does not impact our
application.  The monitor on the computer displays all colors and pictures
correctly.  The only thing I can think of that might cause this behavior is
that some windows or Office file has been corrupted.

Have any of you seen this type of behavior and if so do you know what the
cause is?

The laptop was a year old Dell with Windows XP Home.

Thanks in advance.

Doug


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