Re: Checkbox with colored background?

Harvey Wilson wrote:
> Can anyone please point me to a freeware checkbox component that
> allows the background of the checkmark to change color? I have seen
> several that allow the color behind the text to be changed, but I want
> to be able to change the area in the actual box.
>
> Or, if you have some code I can add to one of the existing components
> to make a new one that would have this capability that would be great.


I've been looking for this myself.

It would appear that the checkbox is a standard microsoft component, and as
such can't be altered by a great deal. The original class doesn't expose the
colour of the checkbox.

You could quite easily roll your own - the check is hardly difficult to
draw. However, you'd fall over on XP's themes - if the user doesn't use your
theme, your checkboxes would stand out a mile as being different to the rest
of the system's.

However, as I say, I've been trying to do this for a while to the standard
checkbox and if anyone can prove me wrong I'd love to see it.

D.


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