DataGridView Background color in windows 7

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Hi,

I've developed a Windows Forms application in .NET 3.5, VS 2008, WinXP. I've used a DataGridView control in the form. When i run the application in Windows XP the grid is displayed properly but the same application if i am running it in Windows 7, the grid is displayed in black color.

For textBox border color also it acts in funny manner.

My textbox and datagridview properties are as follows:

1. textboxTop.BackColor = LightSteelBlue;

2. DataGridViewData.BackgroundColor = InactiveCaptionText;

Windows XP: nice and smooth and according as the property set

Wndows 7 : textbox border changed, groupBox border changed, Datagridview BackgroundColor changed to black

Sample preview links:

WinXP : http://yfrog.com/muwinxpj

Win7 : http://yfrog.com/16win7qj

So how should I resolve this?
Thanks

Posted 20-Jun-10 17:18pm

Shukra

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Dima Popov · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-03T01:46:00

Solution 1

It is not the OS problem, it is just the color you've chosen. InactiveCaptionText... No surprise that it is black. :-D

In fact you should set background color to SystemColors.Window or Color.White. No big deal.

And the textbox border color depends on visual style: System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles.VisualStyleInformation.TextControlBorder. The property is readonly.

Posted 3-Aug-10 1:46am

Dima Popov

Updated 3-Aug-10 1:51am

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Shukra 3-Aug-10 22:10pm

Wow finally got an answer, I thought I would never get reply on CP. My main concern was textbox and groupbox border color. Cause I already fixed the datagridview background color.
Anyways thank you Dima for taking time to answer my question.