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TextBox Control - Setting the background colour

James Crowley

Setting the background colour

Normally, you will want to set the background colour at design time. To do this, simply set the backcolor property in the properties window. To set the background colour a runtime, change the BackColor property use the following syntax:

Text1.BackColor = ColourCode

Visual Basic uses Hexadecimal code to specify control colours, for example &H80000006& is black. Unless you want to learn hexadecimal code you can use the QBColor Function.

Text1.BackColor = QBColor(Number)

Where number is one of the following:

Number

Colour

0

Black

1

Blue

2

Green

3

Cyan

4

Red

5

Magenta

6

Yellow

7

White

8

Grey

9

Light Blue

10

Light Green

11

Light Cyan

12

Light Red

13

Light Magenta

14

Light Yellow

15

Bright White

The following code sets the background colour of text1 to Red.

Text1.BackColor = QBColor(4)

James first started writing tutorials on Visual Basic in 1999 whilst starting this website (then known as VB Web). Since then, the site has grown rapidly, and James has written numerous tutorials, articles and reviews on VB, PHP, ASP and C#. In October 2003, James formed the company Developer Fusion Ltd, which owns this website, and also offers various development services. In his spare time, he's a 3rd year undergraduate studying Computer Science in the UK. He's also a Visual Basic MVP.

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