How to change color based on the company/environment

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Hello,

Our users have been asking us to change the color of Ax environment based on the company selected. One way to accomplish this would be to change the background color of the forms by overriding the run method of SysSetupFormRun class and coding something like

this.design().backgroundColor(backGroundColor); in the method.

However this gives an unpleasant appearance, especially around the buttons and containers in the form.

Is there any way to assign the color of the title bar of the form/window or any other parts of the AX client besides the background color of forms?

I am wondering if it is possible to use WinAPI, and some dll functions such as those available in USR32.DLL to change the color of different parts of the window.

Thanks

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This is an excellent alternative from Arijit blog:

daxguy.blogspot.com/.../ax-environment-information-on-ui-simple.html

Hope this helps.

Kind regards.

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Thanks Kent (and Arijit)

This certainly looks more elegant than just changing the background color. I will run this by our users and see if they like it. As far as I can see, there is no reason for them not to.

Thanks again.

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I know this thread is a little stale, but this may help:

If you go to Basic->Setup->Company information, there is a "Form color" pulldown that allows you to pick a different background color. I think it's company-specific by virtue of the fact that it's in the Basic area.

Does that do what you're trying to accomplish?

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Hey Thayer,

This is new for AX 2012, was not in previous versions.

Kindest regards.

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Hi Kent,

It is AX2009--here's another screen shot:

Best regards,

Thayer

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Hi Thayer,

I don't think this is out of the box functionality. Could of either been included in a MS hotfix or RU. Or perhaps this was coded in your system by your developer(s) or var.

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Our VAR claims they have not developed such a solution.

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Alex Kwitny 395 on at

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@Thayer Coburn, that is 100% a customization. Check Classes\SysSetupFormRun and you will see some custom code there too.

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Hey Thayer,

Rich here, I did that mod during your install back when I worked for the VAR.

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Here is my take on coloring forms depending on Company and environment: www.agermark.com/.../color-code-forms-in-ax-2012-depending.html

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