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Change Background of an MDI Form

Jul 6th, 2009

Hi all,

How can I change the BACKGROUND color of the MDI FORM in C#?

I changed it using the background color property but the color is not changed.

What should I do to perform this task?

Please help me out!!

Thanks in advance!!

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Re: Change Background of an MDI Form

Jul 6th, 2009

You can't for sorry change it!

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Re: Change Background of an MDI Form

Jul 6th, 2009

It always defaults to the default background color of a control.

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Re: Change Background of an MDI Form

Jul 7th, 2009

i tried something like this but it didnt work :

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protected override void OnPaintBackground(PaintEventArgs e)
		{
 
			base.OnPaintBackground(e);
			Pen pen = new Pen(Color.Red, 3);
			Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(0, 0, 300, 300);
			e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(pen, rect);
 
		}
protected override void OnPaintBackground(PaintEventArgs e)
		{
			
			base.OnPaintBackground(e);
			Pen pen = new Pen(Color.Red, 3);
			Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(0, 0, 300, 300);
			e.Graphics.DrawRectangle(pen, rect);
			
		}