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Subject: Re: ChessBase 7 - notation window background color

Author: Peter Stein

Date: 13:43:05 02/13/01

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On February 11, 2001 at 04:17:45, Mike S. wrote:

>On February 11, 2001 at 04:01:59, Peter Stein wrote:
>
>>Does anyone know how to set the notation window background color to grey, the
>>same grey that was used in CB6? I find that with the harsh bright white default
>>color I get eye strain after about 30-40 minutes. I cannot find a user option
>>nor an INI setting that controls this. Thanks for your help.
>
>I don't think CB 7 has it's own setting for this color, but it is affected by
>the general windows display settings (accessible by right-clicking on an empty
>place at the desktop) - But this would change the color of every window of the
>same type, i.e. where the messages here are written, or the URL input line of
>the Explorer, background of text editor, etc.
>
>My favoured color for this is R 248, G 200, B 112 "sand" :o) - very
>eye-friendly.
>
>Regards,
>M.Scheidl

Thanks. I was just about to post that with Tim's (at ICD) help I figured this
out. Of course what ChessBase did is horrible. Don't they realize that different
color backgrounds may be appropriate based on factors such as window size, font
style, and font size? They actually ruined a good thing by eliminating the grey
window background in going from CB6 to CB7.



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