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• Underlay windows are always positioned from the top left corner of the screen. Any position

settings you make when creating the underlay window are ignored when the window is displayed

by a Base Window as an underlay window.

For more information and an example of how to use underlay windows, consult the EasyBuilder Help files.

Creating a Frame

The Window Settings dialog provides the option of having a frame around any window that you create. You can

create a frame from 0-16 pixels wide in any of EasyBuilder's 65K available colors.

Window Background

You can also select a different background color for each window created. The default setting is black.

To select a different background color:

1. From the Window menu, select Open Window. The Open Window dialog box appears.

2. Click on the window that you wish to change the background color. Click Settings. The Window Setting dialog

box appears.

3. In the Background section, check the Filled box.

4. Click the pull-down arrow of the Color box. The Color dialog box appears.

5. Select from one of the basic colors or add new colors from the customized list of colors. To create a

customized color, click on the Custom button at the bottom of the Color dialog box..

6. The color table dialog box appears allowing you to select or modify one of the colors available.

7. Click OK in the Color dialog box to go back to the Window Setting dialog box. Click Close to return to the

EasyBuilder main screen.

Instead of using a solid background color, you can select a pattern that is displayed in the background of a window.

To select a background pattern:

1. From the Window menu, select Open Window. The Open Window dialog box appears.

2. Click on the window that you wish to change the background pattern. Click Settings. The Window Setting

dialog box appears.

3. In the Background section, check the Filled box. Select a background color as described above.

4. Click the pull-down arrow of the Pattern box and select a pattern, then click OK.

5. Click the pull-down arrow of the Pattern color box and select a color.

To use the background pattern, the color selected for Pattern color must be different then the color

selected for the Background color.

6. Once a pattern color is selected, click OK in the Color dialog box to go back to the Window Setting dialog box.

7. Click Close to return to the EasyBuilder main screen.

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