BevelLight Property (Effect)

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The BevelLight property calculates the 3D light area color by percentage based on the color specified in the BackColor property.

Syntax

object.BevelLight= integer

Read/Write at run time. Not available at design time.

Values

-100 ~ 100 (25 is the default)

Remarks

When set to 0, the same color as the background color is used. When a positive value is set, a color brighter, and when a negative value is set, a color darker than the background color will take effect.

Given a BackColor of &HC0C0C0 (RGB(192, 192, 192)), the bevel's light color is calculated as follows:

BevelLight Calculation Color used

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0 192 + (192 * 0 / 100) RGB(192,192,192)

25 192 + (192 * 25 / 100) RGB(240,240,240)

-25 192 + (192 * -25 / 100) RGB(144,144,144)

This property can be used with the BevelShade property to make detailed adjustments to the brightness of the bevel color.

The BevelLight property will usually be set to a positive value, since 3D light colors are lighter than the background color.