Changes between Version 53 and Version 54 of Docs/825gen2/Dev/DeveloperNews

Timestamp:

04/14/25 07:16:52 (5 days ago)

Author:

Don Wilson

Comment:

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Docs/825gen2/Dev/DeveloperNews

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 The arm825beta lib825ev is updated to allow new style apps to run in dark mode (light text on black background). Previously legacy recompiled apps used dark mode, but new style apps used a white background. A new patch will be coming soon that updates the startup preferences settings to have a dark mode selection.
 
-To insure apps work properly in dark mode apps should not be coded with fixed colors. For example, //SetBkColor(nColorWhite);// should be changed to //SetBkColor(COLOR_BKGND)//. //SetCurColor(nColorBlack);// should be changed to //SetCurColor(COLOR_INFO);// or some other non-fixed color identifier.
+To insure apps work properly in dark mode apps should generally be coded without using fixed colors. For example, //SetBkColor(nColorWhite);// should be changed to //SetBkColor(COLOR_BKGND)//. //SetCurColor(nColorBlack);// should be changed to //SetCurColor(COLOR_INFO);// or some other non-fixed color identifier.
 
 From ssh apps can be tested in normal or dark mode by setting the environment variable DARKMODE as 0 or 1. For example to run //myapp// in dark mode: