Recent content by cSuttle

Has MS fixed this bug yet? It works fine in 2010 and now all my forms looked screwed up. This is a bug no question about it.

Yeah, saw that. It what made me investigate that property in the first place. I wonder how many other hidden properties there are.

I think I found the problem, but not the solution. There is a "hidden" attribute BackThemeColorIndex. If I look at the original button I get backColor = 14136213 backThemeColorIndex = 4 With VBA if I set the color to 14136213, it automatically sets the ThemeColor to -1 (don't use). Then if...

Here is an interesting update. If I work with the button directly in the form editing and switch the back style to "Transparent" and then back to "Normal" I get the same results as my code above. Another interest fact is it's always the same color just a darker shade. So blue, slightly darker...

Sounds like the same problem. I have experimented with a number of things. I always get some color, but not the one I want :-(

Ok, I'm confused. Check out this very simple code. Private Sub TestButton_Click() Dim bc As Long bc = TestButton.BackColor TestButton.BackColor = bc End Sub Somehow this changes the color of the button from light blue to a darker blue. Yes, this has no real purpose, but it is a test to...