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how can i put a background color or just simply change the color of a text in a listbox so that when an error occur during a query, the item would simply be color red?

Posted 12-Jul-11 4:01am

RonZohan

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Here is a control of mine that does this[^]. (It also does some other things – if literally all you want is different coloured text, the owner draw solution that Griff linked to will probably do the job.) It's not as trivial as it should be.

Posted 12-Jul-11 4:36am

BobJanova

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Jul-11 11:36am

Very good, my 5.
Alternative could be a free content model offered by WPF -- please see my solution.
--SA

Espen Harlinn 12-Jul-11 12:28pm

Nice article, my 5
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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-12T04:29:00

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It's not as simple as just setting a property! Basically, you have to draw it yourself... There is an example here: Stack overflow[^]

Posted 12-Jul-11 4:29am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 12-Jul-11 11:36am

Sure, a 5. Alternative could be a free content model offered by WPF -- please see my solution.
--SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-12T05:35:00

This is quite possible; and Bob and Griff provided nice solutions.
I would also add that these requirements are not very natural for System.Windows.Forms, but something that is already available in WPF, where list or tree items can contain any content. Consider switching to WPF to use the benefits of free content model.

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb613548%28v=VS.100%29.aspx[^].

—SA