You would need to explicitly pain it using the theming API.
Don't know how/if that can be done in .Net, sorry.

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
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OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

"Mike" wrote in message
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How does one get the same background color for a custom Outlook Property
Page? Using VS2K5 and VSTO, the default for any forms back color is
'control', which is the gray. I want the style of the other Outlook
property
pages, which is lighter. How is this accomplished?