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   During the design phase of a data entry system or during the definition of
   an object or control, dBsee allows to attribute a specific color to the
   selected element(s). The colors management in dBsee is WYSIWYG. This
   means that the color defined during design of the data entry system (the
   color displayed in the generator) will be the same as the one that is seen
   in the generated application.

   dBsee allows to define default colors for the menus, and that will be
   adopted by all objects of the project that do have a menu. These default
   colors are defined in the environment activated by pressing the
   Projects and Properties buttons from the main menu.

   A specific color can be attributed to each dBsee element (object or
   control) in two ways:

     . From the element definition frame.

     . During the design phase of the element.

   In the first case, the Options button, present in each definition
   frame, or the Ctrl-Enter key activates the properties environment in
   which parameters, in the Colors section, can be assigned to the
   various available colors.

   In the second case, in the design phase, with the Alt-C keys. This
   method is also much more easier to use.
    The Alt-C keys are contextual to the position of the cursor. Pressing
   such keys activates the color chart relative to the element which is
   currently being highlighted. If the cursor is positioned on the background
   of the object, the color chart for the object will be activated. If
   pressed on a control, the color chart relative to the control will be
   activated.

   Every dBsee element is characterised by a group of components that can
   be displayed on screen with a different color. For example, to a Get
   control, it is possible to associate different colors to the Prompt,
   Hot Keys and to its own activation state (active/not active).

   The color chart, activated by the Alt-C key, is shown in the following
   figure:

   The parameters that can be set in the chart are:

   Configure               Allows to select the component of the element
                           whose color is to be modified

   Foreground              Foreground color of the component

   Background              The background color of the component

   The Ctrl-arrow keys allow to move the color chart on screen.

   A rapid way to set the background color of the selected control(s) to the
   object's background color, is using the Alt-B key.

   For the controls that allow the editing of data, it is possible to define
   two different colors depending on the fact whether the control is being
   highlighted or not. This last case is also the situation for Data in
   display only.

   In fact, the Data color component allows to attribute a specific color
   to a control when data is displayed and a different color (Highlighted
   data color component) when the control selected/highlighted. During
   design, the control's color is automatically adapted to the new setting.