BackColor Property

Applies to

You can use the BackColor property to specify the color for the interior of a control or section. Read/write Long.

expression.BackColor

expression Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Setting

The BackColor property contains a numeric expression that corresponds to the color used to fill a control's or section's interior.

You can use the Color Builder to set this property by clicking the Build button to the right of the property box in the property sheet. Using the Color Builder enables you to define custom back colors for controls or sections.

You can also set this property by using a control's or section's property sheet, a macro, or Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code, or by using the Fill Color command under Font (on the Design or Format tab, depending on whether you are in Design view or Layout view).

In Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code, use a numeric expression to set this property. This property setting has a data type of Long.

You can set the default for this property by using a control's default control style or the DefaultControl property in VBA code.

For Table objects you can set this property using the Fill Color command under Font on the Data tab, or in VBA code by using the DatasheetBackColor property.

Remarks

To use the BackColor property, the BackStyle property, if available, must be set to Normal.

Example

The following example uses the RGB function to set the BorderColor, BackColor, and ForeColor properties depending on the value of the txtPastDue text box. You can also use the QBColor function to set these properties. Putting the following code in the Form_Current( ) event sets the control display characteristics as soon as the user opens a form or moves to a new record.

Sub Form_Current()
    Dim curAmntDue As Currency, lngBlack As Long
    Dim lngRed As Long, lngYellow As Long, lngWhite As Long
    If Not IsNull(Me!txtPastDue.Value) Then
        curAmntDue = Me!txtPastDue.Value
    Else
        Exit Sub
    End If
    lngRed = RGB(255, 0, 0)
    lngBlack = RGB(0, 0, 0)
    lngYellow = RGB(255, 255, 0)
    lngWhite = RGB(255, 255, 255)
    If curAmntDue > 100 Then
        Me!txtPastDue.BorderColor = lngRed
        Me!txtPastDue.ForeColor = lngRed
        Me!txtPastDue.BackColor = lngYellow
    Else
        Me!txtPastDue.BorderColor = lngBlack
        Me!txtPastDue.ForeColor = lngBlack
        Me!txtPastDue.BackColor = lngWhite
    End If
End Sub