2.24.4 Visual Styles

To define how, for example, a label will be displayed, you set its VisualStyle property.

Let's say you use the shipped visual style VS_Norm. This style defines the following properties for the label:

BorderStyle	3DLeft (3D effect, shadow on the left)
NormBackColor	ButtonFace (the color specified for buttons in the Windows BUTTONFACE system value, usually gray)
TextColor	WindowText (the color specified for windows text in the WINDOWTEXT system value, usually black)
Face Name	MS Sans Serif
FontSize	8 points

It will look like this:

You could, for instance, change the VisualStyle of you label to VS_WARN. This style has different TextColor and Font properties:

TextColor: RedBold: True

If you used this style, your label would be displayed like this:

Further Information

The Scope of Visual Styles

Shipped Visual Styles

Set the Default Visual Style for New Forms

Create or Edit a Visual Style

Set Colors

Preview your Visual Style