Purpose

.HeadingBackColor enables you to specify the background colour of the column header. Currently only solid colours are allowed, no fill effects (e.g. graduated fill) are supported. This property can be applied to the column headers used in certain objects and can be specified on a per column basis.

(Open Client only)

Syntax

Setting:          ObjectReference.HeadingBackColor = Value

Retrieving:     Variable = ObjectReference.HeadingBackColor
 

Operation

ObjectReference is the Tag Name of the object
Value is an RGB triplet string or a string holding a colour name (see Colour Values)
Variable is an alphanumeric scratch variable
 

Remarks

Logical colour names are defined in the Windows Client Application Definitions File.
 

Example

To set the .HeadingBackColor property for the background of a column header in a combo box with a Tag Name of CustomerNumber to green:

CustomerNumber.HeadingBackColor = "GREEN"
or
CustomerNumber.HeadingBackColor = "0,255,0"
or
$GREEN = "GREEN"
CustomerNumber.HeadingBackColor = $GREEN