ShadowColor property (Main Control)

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Syntax OLE_COLOR ShadowColor

Overview:  Refer to Drawing Three-Dimensional Shapes and Text.

Remarks

(Persistent property, available at design time) Specifies the color of a drop shadow that is applied to a three-dimensional shape or text object.

To have no drop shadow, set the ShadowXDepth and ShadowYDepth properties to 0.

For text objects, drop shadows are available only for the following TextStyle values:

EFX_TEXTSTYLE_DROPSHADOW
EFX_TEXTSTYLE_BLOCKSHADOW
EFX_TEXTSTYLE_OUTLINEBLOCK

For text objects, the shadow color is used for three-dimensional effects in the following TextStyle styles:

EFX_TEXTSTYLE_INSETHEAVY
EFX_TEXTSTYLE_INSETEXTRAHEAVY
EFX_TEXTSTYLE_RAISEDHEAVY
EFX_TEXTSTYLE_RAISEDEXTRAHEAVY

See Also

Elements:  DrawShape method, DrawText method

Topics:  Raster Images: Drawing on a Bitmap
Working with the Control: Client Area Usage