Changing Display Colors

Using different colors for various language elements such as functions and variables gives you immediate visual cues about the structure of your source code. You can change the default colors of these elements as well as the color of other text in WinDbg, such as reserved words, breakpoints, and information windows.

{bmc bm4.MRB}        To change the colors in the source window

  1.  From the Options menu, choose Color. The Color dialog box appears.

  2.  From the Items list select the item you want to change. For this example, select Source Window.

  3.  Select the color square from the palette to represent the foreground color. Press Set Foreground. The new color combination is shown in the Items box.

  4.  Select the color square to represent the background color from the palette shown. Press Set Background. The new color combination is shown in the Items box.

  5.  Choose OK to apply the change to the source window. You can change several items in the list before choosing OK.

{bmc bm4.MRB}        To change the source window back to its original colors

  1.  From the Options menu, choose Color.

  2.  From the Items list, select Source Window.

  3.  Choose Set Default.

  4.  Choose OK.

{bmc bm4.MRB}        To change all windows back to their default colors

  1.  From the Options menu, choose Color.

  2.  Choose Select All.

  3.  Choose Set Default.

  4.  Choose OK.