Hi,

make sure the background.mode is set to "opaque". Please see https://docs.appeon.com/pb2022/datawindow_reference/XREF_12284_Background_property.html

There's an example at the end of that page.

I also seem to remember that the order in which you set the mode and the background.color might be important.

regards

Note: I would also get rid of the blank space before ~t and after it.

What I do most of the time is assign the Modify string to a string variable and then do a

modify(ls_syntax).

Hi Rafael;

  When I get this type of challenge, I like to use the DW Painter & try to add an Expression somewhere that tries to mimic what the Modify() is trying to do. This allows me to have the DW Expression Builder in the painter to help me with the syntax, validate it, then if there is an error inform me why.

  Once the basic expression works in the DW Painter, I copy it over to the Modify() command after the "~t".  HTH 

Regards ... Chris