AutoCAD Bugs

Background color of icons does not match

Written by Allan, 5 August 2001

At least Applies to:

AutoCAD 2000
Windows 2000

Problem:

The background color of the tool buttons does not match the Windows 3D-object color, or the icon background color is not transparent.

Reason:

The color palette in windows is set to low, 256 colors for example, or is set to high, True color for example.

Why:

 When menus are made, all the icon bitmaps are complied into a MNR file. It takes with it, the Windows color setting, of the computer the menu is complied on. If another computer has a different windows color setting this can effect the way the icons are displayed.

 Here is an example; Computer 1 complies the menu with a Windows color setting of 32768 colors, Computer 2 is set to 16777216 colors. The icons on Computer 2 appear not to have a transparent background. Why, because Computer 2 has an extra 16744448 (16777216 - 32768) that Computer 1 does not have. If Computer 2 had complied the menu, Computer 1's icons would have appeared correctly, Because Computer 2 has the 32768 colors that Computer 1 has, plus extras.