Choose a predefined visual scheme or create your own. You can define these items separately:

Title font

Label font

Foreground and background colors for

Form background

Titles

Labels

Editable components

Shapes

Pushbuttons.

Use the tabbed pages for each element. In each page, select preset fonts or colors from the selection list boxes or click the tool buttons to display font and color builders. The font and color settings you make in this dialog box are reflected in the Sample box.

To save the scheme for future reuse, click the Save As button in the Scheme pane.

Dialog box options

 

Sample

The Sample box shows the current scheme. To set the font or color of one of the elements shown in the Sample, click that element. The page for that element is then selected from the tabbed settings pages in the lower part of the dialog box.

Scheme

Choose a preset scheme from the Scheme list box. If you save your own scheme (see below), its name is added to the list box.

Delete Delete the selected scheme from the list.

Reset List only the schemes that shipped with dBASE Plus. Important: When you choose Reset, any schemes you've saved are deleted from the list.

Save As Save the current color and font settings. A Scheme Name dialog box appears, allowing you to enter a name for your new scheme. It will then be available from the Scheme listbox.

Title page

Select a font and foreground (font) color for titles.

Non-editing components page

Select a font, foreground color for non-editing components, including text labels, checkboxes, RadioButtons, pushbuttons, rectangles, shapes, lines, and tab box components.

Editing components page

Select a foreground (text that appears within the component) and background (box and drop-down list area) color for data-entry components, such as entry fields, spin boxes, combo boxes, list boxes, browse, and editor components.

Pushbuttons page

Select a foreground (font) and background (button area) color for Pushbutton components.

Shapes page

Select a foreground (outline) and background (fill) color for Shape components. You might use shapes to create colored areas on a form to help group options.

Form page

Select a background color for the form surface.