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Selected field color

Hi I have a c#.net project and I am wondering how to change the selected color of a field. For example I have a form that has two drop down list. The font color is black. When I install this on my client's machine they have different color settings and when they go in the drop down list the color that selects the item in the list is a dark blue. Is there a way to specify this so that it doesn't use the users computer setting but always uses the color I want. Seems to be is would be a simple thing to change, but I just can't figure out where it is.

Thanks,
Stacy

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stanuf

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It's not the forcolor that I want to change -- that stays black. What I want to change is when you enter the field it highlights it and the highlight color is the one I want to change.

der_jth

The default WinForms combobox does not allow for customizing that color, unfortunately. You could derive your own subclass and paint the combo yourself, but it's rather cumbersome.

stanuf

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Bummer -- Do you know what windows display setting it uses? I guess I could just change that when I do the install.....

der_jth

Control panel / Display / Appearance / Advanced / Item: Selected items - but I'm not sure it's a good idea to make that change upon installation. You're likely to cause quite a shock for the user!

stanuf

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Thanks for the info!