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From: jarober@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (DE Robertson james an 740-9172)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look
Subject: Re: colors
Message-ID: <1991Feb27.211854.11683@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
Date: 27 Feb 91 21:18:54 GMT
References: <1991Feb27.154658.3097@mmm.serc.3m.com>
Reply-To: jarober@aplcen (DE Robertson james an 740-9172)
Organization: Johns Hopkins University
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In article <1991Feb27.154658.3097@mmm.serc.3m.com> us288168@mmm.serc.3m.com (Joan K. Wosika) writes:
>
>I`ve run into some stuff that I can't seem to get around, maybe I can't get
>around it, but I thought someone on the net may be able to give me some insights.
>
>My problem is color.  Is there a way to have Dev Guide come up with a
>color other than what my window dressing is for my development
>environment?  The problem is this, whatever color I have configured for
>my window borders is the color that guide comes up in, and thus the
>buttons created for my application are also this color.  Changing the
>color in the properties window withing guide only changes the writing on
>the button.  Sure I can change the color of my entire working
>environment and then bring guide up again, and the color guide comes up
>in will give me new button colors, but this seems ludicrous.  Is there a
>way in the .Xdefaults file to bring applications up with different
>border colors?  There seems to be indications that this is possible from
>some of the default stuff that is there like emacs*forground:  etc., but
>I have not been able to make this work for guide.  Even if I cannot do
>it through guide, is there a way to set the buttons (not the label but
>the button colors to be a specific color?
>
>Any help would be appreciated.
> 

I would also like any information on this that is available. Post here or
email me, please.

jarober@aplcen.apl.edu