Two ForeColors?

Duane

I need to create a custom control for an app. This would be similar to a Button, but with two possible forecolors for the text. I feel reasonably sure that this involves overriding the standard forecolor property, but I'm not sure how to accomplish this. Can you start me in the right direction? I'll have to work out the details for myself but I need to know if I'm even going in the right direction.

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Hemant Srivastava13y ago
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What you want to do with two forecolors ? Wondering...How GUI behaviour drives with two forecolors?
Duane13y ago
Actually I think I was mistaken. What I really need is two separate text fields (TextA & TextB?). I can set up a custom button with two separate text properties but I need to locate the text somehow. I'm not sure how MS does it so I can't recreate the events. Also, I'm not sure how to get rid of (or hide) the original text property. I have tried the following (for the last item) but it does not seem to work:

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Public Overrides Property Text() As String
Get
Return MyBase.Text
End Get
Set(value As String)
MyBase.Text = value
End Set
End Property