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  1. May 11th, 2009, 10:01 PM #1
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    Make backcolor darker

    Hi,I have the following code for my datagrid backcolor.But I would like my gray color to be darker 20% then the original gray color,is it we can do it?

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     PODetailsGrid.AlternatingItemStyle.BackColor = Color.Gray
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  2. May 11th, 2009, 10:10 PM #2
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    Re: Make backcolor darker

    If you hover the mouse over the color, you will see it's data type. You'd have to calculate the value, subtract 20% and use that. Color is a set of 3 numbers between 0 and 255
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  3. May 12th, 2009, 01:37 AM #3
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    Re: Make backcolor darker

    Why not just use Color.DarkGray and Color.LightGray and Color.Gray ¿
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