Combobox losing background colour

[Awes]

Hi

I have a number of textboxes and a combobox on a form where I have set the background colour to indicate to the user that they should complete these boxes.

I have a slight problem in that once the combobox has been completed and loses focus the background becomes transparent and shows the colour of the form instead of remaining the colour it was set to.

The text boxes are ok it is only the combobox that is affected.

Does anyone know why this is happening and how to prevent it?

Thanks, Awes.

 

[neileg]

I can't duplicate your problem. I'm using A2003.

 

[missinglinq]

How are you setting the background color to show that it needs filling? You need to check the default settings for the combobox to be sure that it's not set as Transparent.

 

[Awes]

The colour is being set in the 'Back Color' field of the Format tab on the combobox property sheet.

The 'Backstyle' property is set to 'Normal'.