[TAZ]

My OS is Windows 7. I am using the latest version of AC 12.

I have included 4 images to help explain the problem. Not sure if this is AC or the help author so I am starting with AC.

• Image 1 – Using “FM” skin and then open the help file. Very interesting and totally unanticipated result.[*]Image 2 – Switch to “Windows10” skin while still running the application and then open the help file. Contents change. The pink highlighted selection is the hue offset in the offset. The item background has not changed.[*]Image 3 – Restart the application and the selected item's background recovers and the selected item in the contents is will the same hue offset.[*]Image 4 – HTML Help run outside of the application.

Is there some kind of a “bleed over” in a “style sheet???” that HTML Help uses or something else that is causes this condition? Not sure what goes on in the background when setting a particular skin. Could this be a video card issue? Perhaps lots of possibilities?

Has anyone ever reported this before? I use Helpsmith as my help author. This is not a show stopper because I can use Web Help as an alternative. Web Help does not exhibit this problem. My rendition uses ShellExecute and TWebBrowser to load the help web page.

Thanks.

Sorry for the title misspelling. Really bad job of transposing.

[Support]

Hello!

I think, this issue occurs because the TsSkinManager.Options.ChangeSysColor property used.

System colors are hoocked and changed to colors from skin in this case.

Please, check if this property is True.

[TAZ]

That was it.

By default ChangeSysColor is False. I cannot remember why I set it to True.

There are a couple of references about setting it to false fixes a problem.

Therefore, what good is ChangeSysColor?

[Support]

This property changes system colors like clWindow, clBtnFace and others according to current skin palette.

This property may be useful if some pieces of the application has standard colors and can't be changed by other way.

[TAZ]

Makes sense.

I looked as far back as 2 years at my project in question and it was set to true. Wish I had commented the reason.

I usually don't mess around with the color scheme that you have in place. Perhaps I was experimenting at one time and did not reset this. Don't know.

At any rate, thanks.

'Support' wrote:

This property changes system colors like clWindow, clBtnFace and others according to current skin palette.

This property may be useful if some pieces of the application has standard colors and can't be changed by other way.

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