List box Row Selection Color (Access 97)

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How do you select the back color of the selected row in a list box?
Frank

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As far as I know you can’t change the backcolor for just the selected row – only for all of the listbox.

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Thanks Claus

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On the other hand, the selected item in a listbox is usually in inverse video, even when the focus moves to another control. What exactly were you trying to do?

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If I’m not mistaken I remember a .mdb that had a list box and when an item was selecte the row was in light grey and I saw another list box with a yellow row, they both I think had white backgrounds. forgot how that was done.

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I’ve even done this myself in bygone days. It is accomplished by setting the forecolor and backcolor properties of the listbox to a pair of negative numbers that I can’t find right now. Over the years, I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t like the trick so I’ve lost track of how to do it. It can have very unexpected consequences on a machine with a custom color scheme so I would recommend against it.

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