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FarPoint.Win.Spread Assembly / FarPoint.Win.Spread Namespace / Appearance Class / BackColor Property
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    BackColor Property (Appearance)
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    Gets or sets the background color of an object.
    Syntax
    'Declaration
     
    Public Property BackColor As Color
    'Usage
     
    Dim instance As Appearance
    Dim value As Color
     
    instance.BackColor = value
     
    value = instance.BackColor
    public Color BackColor {get; set;}

    Property Value

    Color object containing the background color
    Remarks

    The setting for this property can be overridden if a named style is assigned to the cell using the StyleName property, and that named style sets the background color.

    When cells are locked with the Lock and Protect properties, the value of the SheetView.LockBackColor property overrides the value of this property.

    If you use this property to retrieve the background color for a range of cells that do not have the same background color, the background color of the active cell is returned.

    This property does not change the background color of the drop-down list portion of a combo box cell. The background color of the drop-down list portion of a combo box cell is always white.

    If you are working with button cells, use the CellType.ButtonCellType.ButtonColor property to specify the color of the face of the buttons. If you prefer, you can use alternating background colors for the rows in the spreadsheet by using the AlternatingRow.BackColor property for each alternating row.

    Specify the text color for the cell by setting the ForeColor property.

    Example
    This example illustrates the use of this property. An Appearance object is used to set up the behavior for a StyleInfo object.
    FarPoint.Win.Spread.Appearance appr = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.Appearance();
    FarPoint.Win.Spread.StyleInfo si = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.StyleInfo();
    appr.BackColor = Color.Yellow;
    appr.DrawPrimaryButton = false;
    appr.DrawSecondaryButton = false;
    appr.Font = new Font("Comic Sans MS", 10);
    appr.ForeColor = Color.DarkBlue;
    appr.HorizontalAlignment = FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellHorizontalAlignment.Right;
    appr.VerticalAlignment = FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellVerticalAlignment.Bottom;
    si.SetAppearance(appr);
    fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetStyleInfo(0, 0, si);
    fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells[0, 0].Text = "Apprearance Test";
    
    Dim appr As New FarPoint.Win.Spread.Appearance
    Dim si As New FarPoint.Win.Spread.StyleInfo
    appr.BackColor = Color.Yellow
    appr.DrawPrimaryButton = False
    appr.DrawSecondaryButton = False
    appr.Font = New Font("Comic Sans MS", 10)
    appr.ForeColor = Color.DarkBlue
    appr.HorizontalAlignment = FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellHorizontalAlignment.Right
    appr.VerticalAlignment = FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellVerticalAlignment.Bottom
    si.SetAppearance(appr)
    fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.SetStyleInfo(0, 0, si)
    fpSpread1.ActiveSheet.Cells(0, 0).Text = "Apprearance Test"
    
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