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scanning for keyFocus to set Boolean background color

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I searched for "ctl class colors[] property" before posting.

 

I've changed Boolean background colors via their individual colors[] propertiy but I was wondering if there's a way to scan controls[] refnums and set the background colors based on key focus True/False.

 

See the snippet. I don't see a background colors property in the ctl class. Is there another class beneath 'ctl' that allows one to set Boolean colors[] property?

 

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Jeffrey Bledsoe
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There is no property at the Control level.  You will have to cast to more specific "Boolean" to get the property.  However, you will have to do this in a case because it will error if the control is anything but Boolean.

 

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That helped me arrive at a solution. I added some more logic to filter out indicators and Booleans that are skipped in tabbing. The code in the snippet can probably be simplified further.

 

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