Putting the Color of a form into a string

[Jay1b]

I have warning come up that changes the color of the form to red, when the user resolves the problem - i want to change the color back to what it was previously.

 

...........
dim stroldColor as string
...........

if strError = true then
   strOldColor = me.backcolor
   me.backcolor = color.red
else
  me.backcolor = strOldColor
endif

 

My problem is i dont the code to find out what the backcolor actually was to begin with, as what i have there throws up a type mismatch error. I dont want to just set the color back to gray, as the user may have personalised colors on there computer.

 

Can anybody point me in the right direction please?

[mutant]

Wouldnt it be better to put the color into the Color object instead of a string? Edited September 16, 2003 by mutant

[Jay1b]

Theres a color object? Cool.

[Jay1b]

Done it and works perfectly!

 

Thank you.