Where registry settings are stored in Visio 2002, part 3

This article is part 3 of a series of six Microsoft Knowledge Base articles that describe where registry settings are stored for Microsoft Visio 2002. For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

About Visio Registry Entries

Visio uses the Windows registry to store user settings and other application-specific information. To keep the entries in the registry to a minimum, Visio automatically writes out those settings that are not default and a few others that are useful, such as, file paths, import and export filters, and last files.

You can include all possible settings in the Windows registry. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Start Visio.
2. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Advanced tab.
3. Click to select the Put all settings in Windows registry check box.
4. Click OK.
5. Quit Visio.

In Visio, regional and drawing color settings are stored in the following registry subkey:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Visio\Colors

This article explains the settings stored in this subkey.

WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.

The Colors subkey contains entries you can set to fine-tune Visio colors for a particular monitor, such as a gray scale monitor. The format of the three numbers is (red,green,blue) where (0,0,0) is black and (255,255,255) is white.

ColorConstant, ColorInherited, ColorNonConstant, and ColorTouched

These entries indicate various states in Windows 95 dialog boxes. If Visio is running under Windows NT 3.51, these entries are ignored.

ColorCellBorder=0 0 0

The color of the cell border in the ShapeSheet window.

ColorConstant=0 0 255

The constant color in Visio.

ColorEmptyCell=255 255 255

The color of an empty cell in the ShapeSheet window.

ColorFullScreenBackground=0 0 0

The color of the screen background in full screen mode.

ColorGlueHighlight=255 0 0

The color of the Glue highlight.

ColorGridBackground=255 255 255

The background color used to draw grid lines.

ColorGridForeground=192 192 192

The foreground color used to draw grid lines.

ColorGroupBackground=255 255 192

The background color of the group editing window.

ColorGuideBackground=255 255 255

Guides are dithered so this is the background color used to draw guides.

ColorGuideForeground=0 0 255

Guides are dithered so this is the foreground color used to draw guides.

ColorManySelect=255 0 255

The color used when many items are selected.

ColorMasterName=0 0 0

The color of the label text if a master is not selected in the stencil window.

ColorMasterNameBackground=128 255 128

The background color for the label text if the master is not selected in the stencil window.

ColorNameCellLabel=255 0 0

The color of text in a name cell in the ShapeSheet window.

ColorNonPageGradEnd=0 204 204

Color for the 'top' part of the paste board gradient (for example, light blue).

ColorNonPageGradStart=192 255 255

Color for the 'bottom' part of the paste board gradient (for example, dark blue).

ColorPage=255 255 255

The color of the drawing page.

ColorPageBorder=0 0 0

The color of the page border.

ColorPreviewBackground=128 128 128

The background color of the print preview window.

ColorPrimary=0 255 0

The color of the selection box for the primary selection.

ColorRulerLabel=0 0 0

The color of the ruler label.

ColorSecondary=0 255 255

The color of the selection box for the secondary selection.

ColorSelMasterName=255 255 255

The color of label text when a master is selected in the stencil window.

ColorSelMasterNameBackground=0 0 127

The background color of the label text if a master is selected in the stencil window.

ColorStencilGradEnd=0 214 134

Same as ColorNonPageGradEnd, but deals with stencil window (light green).

ColorStencilGradStart=128 255 128

Same as ColorNonPageGradStart, but deals with stencil window (dark green).

ColorSubselectedGroup=128 128 128

The color of a sub selected group.

ColorValueCell=255 255 255

The color of a value cell in the ShapeSheet window.