Shell Background Color

[robmit]

Is there a way to change the background color of a StandardShellWindow in a Visual Objects program?

Thanks,

Rob

[robert]

Rob,
Many people have used code to paint the shell background with either a gradient fill or an image.
This was 3rd party code that used low level api to manipulate the background.
Out of the box, this is not possible.
You may find this code in the newsgroup comp.lang.clipper.visual-objects if you seek for Shell and Gradient

Robert

[ArneOrtlinghaus]

Some years ago I made some tests changing the shell background color with single colors or with the gradient example code. The results did not look very nice and the solution consumed some extra meaurable CPU ressources. And the user did not have any advantages.

Then I tested some possibilities to install "dynamic" information using a HTML control and/or the Internet Explorer control directly on the Shell background. But the program can get instable and consumes much more ressources without easy possibilities for the user to switch out this behavior.

Arne