message box?

[Taurus]

Is there a way to change the background color of the message box to your own
choosing instead of the systems' colors?

Thanks
Rachel

[Matt Markus]

Hi Rachel,

"Taurus" <taurus@shentel.net> wrote in message
news:3969ef8f@news.devx.com...
> Is there a way to change the background color of the message box to your
own
> choosing instead of the systems' colors?
>
> Thanks
> Rachel
>
>

The only way is to create your own msgbox using a form and setting the back
color of the form as desired.

[Kathleen Dollard-Joeris]

Rachel,

The purpose of a windows message box is to be predictable. That is
predictably boring for many of us, but quite bright for my son who is trying
to win a bet about how long he can use the 60's color scheme (I forgot what
that is going to cost me).

Seriously, the user generally has good reason for using whatever bizarre
setup they happen to use. Your job is to fit into that.

But your job is also to disrupt the user as rarely as possible. I had a
client complain about two message boxes looking the same and him confirming
a group rather than an individual delete. (Deletions in this app were very
rare and did not justify the programming time for an Undo feature, so the
confirmation was a reasonable triage decision).

He got a yellow or a green box with massively different graphics and sounds.
If you have a good reason to put up a message box, then you may want to make
it spectacular. The user should not see it very often.

_Always_ specify fore and back colors from either the system or the palette
colors: don't mix them for a single element. Check out your changes in at
least Wheat (or Pumpkin), 60's and the reverse high contrast large font.

--
Kathleen
(MS-MVP)
Reply in the newsgroup so everyone can benefit
--

Taurus <taurus@shentel.net> wrote in message news:3969ef8f@news.devx.com...
> Is there a way to change the background color of the message box to your
own
> choosing instead of the systems' colors?
>
> Thanks
> Rachel
>
>

[Taurus]

Thanks.
Rachel
Matt Markus <mmarkus@provide.net> wrote in message
news:3969fbb6$1@news.devx.com...
> Hi Rachel,
>
> "Taurus" <taurus@shentel.net> wrote in message
> news:3969ef8f@news.devx.com...
> > Is there a way to change the background color of the message box to your
> own
> > choosing instead of the systems' colors?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Rachel
> >
> >
>
> The only way is to create your own msgbox using a form and setting the
back
> color of the form as desired.
>
>
>

[Taurus]

Thanks again.
Rachel
Kathleen Dollard-Joeris <kjoeris@noemailplease.com> wrote in message
news:396b1c45@news.devx.com...
> Rachel,
>
> The purpose of a windows message box is to be predictable. That is
> predictably boring for many of us, but quite bright for my son who is
trying
> to win a bet about how long he can use the 60's color scheme (I forgot
what
> that is going to cost me).
>
> Seriously, the user generally has good reason for using whatever bizarre
> setup they happen to use. Your job is to fit into that.
>
> But your job is also to disrupt the user as rarely as possible. I had a
> client complain about two message boxes looking the same and him
confirming
> a group rather than an individual delete. (Deletions in this app were very
> rare and did not justify the programming time for an Undo feature, so the
> confirmation was a reasonable triage decision).
>
> He got a yellow or a green box with massively different graphics and
sounds.
> If you have a good reason to put up a message box, then you may want to
make
> it spectacular. The user should not see it very often.
>
> _Always_ specify fore and back colors from either the system or the
palette
> colors: don't mix them for a single element. Check out your changes in at
> least Wheat (or Pumpkin), 60's and the reverse high contrast large font.
>
> --
> Kathleen
> (MS-MVP)
> Reply in the newsgroup so everyone can benefit
> --
>
> Taurus <taurus@shentel.net> wrote in message
news:3969ef8f@news.devx.com...
> > Is there a way to change the background color of the message box to your
> own
> > choosing instead of the systems' colors?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Rachel
> >
> >
>
>