AutomaticUpdater BackColor

Naturally I mean the BackColor of the text that the wyDay.Controls.AutomaticUpdater control displays.

It works for me:

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Even transparent backcolor works.

Can you tell me the steps you take to make it not work? Are you using the latest AutomaticUpdater (v2.5.22)?

Must be because I am using DevExpress' XtraForm and not Standard System.Windows.Forms.Form.

What I had to do was to add the following code:

Me.o_UpdateEngine.BackColor = Me.BackColor

in the Designer.vb - InitializeComponent() just before Resume.Layout.But that only changes the icon background to the correct one as seen here http://yfrog.com/9e28042010100957p

And yes, using 2.55.22

Stephan

I've never used the DevExpress controls, but I imagine this problem comes from their quirky form painting (e.g. Backcolor is not blue, but the standard gray).

Try setting the AutomaticUpdater.BackColor to transparent. That should fix it.

It actually did.

Well ... Don't know why I was so fixated on it having to be the correct BackColor instead of setting it Transparent 😳

Well, setting the backcolor to that blue color will work, but DevExpress doesn't correctly set the BackColor property of the form to whatever shade of blue that is. You could report that bug to DevExpress if you wanted.

Not sure if above is correct.

Previously I did set the AutomaticUpdater.BackColor to Me.BackColor ( Me being the XtraForm ) and that worked only for the icon background ( as seen in the previous image ).

And when I changed the skin ... the background color changed with it, but just for the icon. The Text background still remained the default value.

Not gonna lose sleep over it 😀 the Transparent solved it.

Stephan