Hi,

I'm developing a custom control, whose background I wish to look like the TextBox control--white background, light blue border. I can override the WndProc function and set the border color to whatever I want. The problem I'm having is picking the right shade of light blue, so that the border looks just like a TextBox border. The closest match I could find was Color.SteelBlue. Does anyone know what the RGB values are for the default TextBox border color?

Thanks!

Here's a really great free tool for getting colors from anything you want. I use it all the time.

http://www.iconico.com/colorpic/

I'm not sure if the textbox border is something that changes depending on the current theme, but on my machine running the XP Blue theme the RGB color is 127,157,185.

If you want to get really complex, here is a good source for designing with windows themes: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/ThemedExplorerControls.aspx

Here's a really great free tool for getting colors from anything you want. I use it all the time.

http://www.iconico.com/colorpic/

I'm not sure if the textbox border is something that changes depending on the current theme, but on my machine running the XP Blue theme the RGB color is 127,157,185.

If you want to get really complex, here is a good source for designing with windows themes: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/ThemedExplorerControls.aspx

Thanks! That did the trick.