change button colour in switchboard

[sallyt]

Help! I want to change the background (fill) colour of
buttons in my Switchboard. I can change everything else
in Design of Form (switchboard) but the fill colour for
buttons is greyed out. Surely there is a way of changing
colour - anybody help! Many thanks. Sall

 

[Rick]

I have never figured out a way to change the button color. I have placed
labels on top and used other tricks to make it look like a different color,
but I am not sure you can just change the button color. Very strange
limitation.


Rick


Help! I want to change the background (fill) colour of
buttons in my Switchboard. I can change everything else
in Design of Form (switchboard) but the fill colour for
buttons is greyed out. Surely there is a way of changing
colour - anybody help! Many thanks. Sall

 

[Jeff Conrad]

There is nothing built-in to Access that will allow you to change the color of command buttons.
Here are several options for you:

1. Use a label instead. Labels have click events and can be made to look like a command button with
some work.

2. Sensei Stephen Lebans has an example database that shows how to set a command button back color
and more: http://www.lebans.com/cmdbutton.htm

3. There's a nice "Color Command Buttons" download at this site:
http://www.candace-tripp.com/access_downloads.htm

4. Some simple colored button examples that can be copied into your application are available at:
http://www.peterssoftware.com/clrbtn.htm

5. A shareware version of Button Painter for MS Access is available at this web site:
http://www.peterssoftware.com/bp.htm

Are you using the built-in Access Switchboard Manager?
If so, and you want to use the label option mentioned above, you will have to change one line of
code on the Switchboard form. Labels cannot receive focus so delete or comment out this line in the
FillOptions Sub:

Me![Option1].SetFocus

Alternatively, set the focus to some other object on the form that can receive the focus. You could
make a small text box with 0" height and width so it's virtually invisible and set the focus to that
in the FillOptions Sub.

--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
Install the latest Windows Updates:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/200404_windows.asp

 

[Guest]

great! Thanks for your very prompt replies. Much
appreciated.

Sally

-----Original Message-----
There is nothing built-in to Access that will allow you

to change the color of command buttons.

Here are several options for you:

1. Use a label instead. Labels have click events and can

be made to look like a command button with

some work.

2. Sensei Stephen Lebans has an example database that

shows how to set a command button back color

and more: http://www.lebans.com/cmdbutton.htm

3. There's a nice "Color Command Buttons" download at this site:
http://www.candace-tripp.com/access_downloads.htm

4. Some simple colored button examples that can be copied

into your application are available at:

http://www.peterssoftware.com/clrbtn.htm

5. A shareware version of Button Painter for MS Access is available at this web site:
http://www.peterssoftware.com/bp.htm

Are you using the built-in Access Switchboard Manager?
If so, and you want to use the label option mentioned

above, you will have to change one line of

code on the Switchboard form. Labels cannot receive focus

so delete or comment out this line in the

FillOptions Sub:

Me![Option1].SetFocus

Alternatively, set the focus to some other object on the

form that can receive the focus. You could

make a small text box with 0" height and width so it's

virtually invisible and set the focus to that

 

[Jeff Conrad]

You're welcome.
Glad to help.

--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
Install the latest Windows Updates:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/200404_windows.asp

great! Thanks for your very prompt replies. Much
appreciated.

Sally

-----Original Message-----
There is nothing built-in to Access that will allow you

to change the color of command buttons.

Here are several options for you:

1. Use a label instead. Labels have click events and can

be made to look like a command button with

some work.

2. Sensei Stephen Lebans has an example database that

shows how to set a command button back color

and more: http://www.lebans.com/cmdbutton.htm

3. There's a nice "Color Command Buttons" download at this site:
http://www.candace-tripp.com/access_downloads.htm

4. Some simple colored button examples that can be copied

into your application are available at:

http://www.peterssoftware.com/clrbtn.htm

5. A shareware version of Button Painter for MS Access is available at this web site:
http://www.peterssoftware.com/bp.htm

Are you using the built-in Access Switchboard Manager?
If so, and you want to use the label option mentioned

above, you will have to change one line of

code on the Switchboard form. Labels cannot receive focus

so delete or comment out this line in the

FillOptions Sub:

Me![Option1].SetFocus

Alternatively, set the focus to some other object on the

form that can receive the focus. You could

make a small text box with 0" height and width so it's

virtually invisible and set the focus to that

in the FillOptions Sub.

--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
Install the latest Windows Updates:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/20040 4_windows.asp




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