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AlternateColorDetailSection code from Lebans fails on w2k3 boxes (2nd request)
mat <mat[ at ]notarealdotcom.adr> 12/30/2008 6:59:55 PM
The AlternateColorDetailSection at
http://www.lebans.com/alternatecolordetailsection.htm
is pretty neat on most pcs. But on a windows 2003 terminal server box it
does not seem to render the alternate backcolor, no matter what color I
set it to. The color depth is very good via RD on that box, so it's not
that the color can't be rendered.

I've done some more testing and it's quite interesting. The class works
fine on winxp and vista. It does not work on 2nd windows 2003 box, one
which I'm not accessing via termial services (32 bit color depth!).
I can't imagine why the class would fail based on OS?

I posted here about this two weeks ago but didn't get any replies,
hoping a repost will get some attention.
RE: AlternateColorDetailSection code from Lebans fails on w2k3 boxes (
Clifford Bass 1/1/2009 6:47:03 AM
Hi,

I have never used it so this is only a guess. He does not do any error
handling in his code so something is erroring out on Windows 2003
Server--perhaps one or more of the calls to the various DLLs. Perhaps he is
trying to call some function that has been changed or is not there in that
version of Windows. Or that requires some other DLL that is not there. Or
that just is not available in the version. You could add some error
handling, see if any errors happen. Note that a number of DLL functions
return success or failure codes that should be checked also. It looks like
he does that to some extent; perhaps completely. I am not sure as I don't
want to take the time to really check.

You may decide it is just not worth the effort.

Good Luck,

Clifford Bass

"mat" wrote:

[Quoted Text]
> The AlternateColorDetailSection at
> http://www.lebans.com/alternatecolordetailsection.htm
> is pretty neat on most pcs. But on a windows 2003 terminal server box it
> does not seem to render the alternate backcolor, no matter what color I
> set it to. The color depth is very good via RD on that box, so it's not
> that the color can't be rendered.
>
> I've done some more testing and it's quite interesting. The class works
> fine on winxp and vista. It does not work on 2nd windows 2003 box, one
> which I'm not accessing via termial services (32 bit color depth!).
> I can't imagine why the class would fail based on OS?
>
> I posted here about this two weeks ago but didn't get any replies,
> hoping a repost will get some attention.

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