BUG: Can't Set Some Background/Foreground Colors in InfoViewer

The information in this article applies to:

• The development environment included with: Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Edition, versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.2

SYMPTOMS

It is not possible to change the Jumps background, the Popup background, or the Query Highlight foreground colors for the Infoviewer Topic Window.

To view this behavior for the Jumps background color, click Options on the Tools menu, and then click the Format tab. In the Category list, click the InfoViewer Topic Window, and in the Colors list, click Jumps. If you change the Background color to anything other than Automatic, you will see that the InfoViewer jump's background color does not change. If you reopen the Options dialog box and again click InfoViewer Topic Window and Jumps, you will see that the Background list box still says automatic.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.