I am using MS Access 2000 and wish to change the background color of form
buttons, the default is grey. As soon as I select the button to change the
'Fill/Back Color' button on the toolbar greys out and cannot be selected.

hi,
by default, you cannot set the back color of a button in
access. but a lot of people do want to have colorful
buttons so some MVPs got to work.
http://www.candace-tripp.com/access_downloads.htm
http://www.lebans.com/cmdbutton.htm
http://www.peterssoftware.com/bp.htm
http://www.peterssoftware.com/clrbtn.htm
I have visited these sites but have not downloand any so i
am not sure how they work.

>-----Original Message-----
>I am using MS Access 2000 and wish to change the
background color of form
>buttons, the default is grey. As soon as I select the
button to change the
>'Fill/Back Color' button on the toolbar greys out and
cannot be selected.
>.
>

Try...
http://www.lebans.com/cmdbutton.htm
Al Camp

"JBC10094" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I am using MS Access 2000 and wish to change the background color of form
> buttons, the default is grey. As soon as I select the button to change the
> 'Fill/Back Color' button on the toolbar greys out and cannot be selected.

Access does not permit changing the background color of command buttons, but
there are 3rd party add-ins that do. One work around is to overlay a
colored box and use the transparent property.
-Ed


"JBC10094" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I am using MS Access 2000 and wish to change the background color of form
> buttons, the default is grey. As soon as I select the button to change the
> 'Fill/Back Color' button on the toolbar greys out and cannot be selected.