Display (Alt+O,D)
■ Customizes environment settings for:
• User-interface elements: foreground/background colors
• Desktop fill characters: characters upon which windows
and dialog boxes are displayed
■ Tip: Use the Options Display command to see what colors
set using the ControlPanel property will look like
at run time.
■ To customize environment settings:
1. Select a User-Interface Element from the list box.
User-Interface Element:
┌───────────────────────┐
│ Active Window Border ↑ • Use the vertical scroll
│ Title Bar ░ bar to display elements
│ Code Windows ░ in the list.
│ Debug/Calls Window ░
│ Help Window ↓
└───────────────────────┘
• The user-interface element you select appears in
sample display box.
┌───────────────────────┐
│ Active Window Border │
└───────────────────────┘
2. Select the desired foreground and background colors.
Foreground: Background:
┌──────────────┐ ┌──────────────┐
│ Black ↑ │ Black ↑ • Use vertical
│ Blue ░ │ Blue ░ scroll bars to
│ Green ░ │ Green ░ display colors
│ Cyan ░ │ Cyan ░ in the list.
│ Red ░ │ Red ░
│ Magenta ░ │ Magenta ░
│ Brown ░ │ Brown ░
│ White ↓ │ White ↓
└──────────────┘ └──────────────┘
Note: The sample display box settings change to
match colors as you select them.
3. To change the desktop fill character setting:
• Tab to or click the current setting
• Enter an ASCII number representing a new desktop
fill character
┌────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Desktop Fill Character: 176 ░░░ │
└────────────────────────────────────┘
4. Press Enter or choose OK to customize environment
settings,
╔════════╗
║ OK ║
╚════════╝
or choose one of the following:
┌────────┐
│ Cancel │ To cancel the operation
└────────┘
┌────────┐
│ Help │ To get help
└────────┘