>I have an edit field in a window which has a black background.  The white
>edit field looks pretty ugly sitting on top of the black area.  Is there a
>way to change the background color of an edit field so that it displays
>unobtrusively on a black screen?  (BTW, the background color of the edit
>field changes properly to black when I press the delete key within the edit
>field.)
>TIA

Maybe I'm missing something here, but if all you want is an Edit Fld. 
with a black background and white text, why not just use the 
_statNoFramedInvert type?
I have done this in an all-black window and it looks fine.

Roger M. Clary
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