# Change Shape Color

**URL:** <https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/change-shape-color/1124>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [October 28, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/change-shape-color/1124 "2021-10-28T21:32:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mikeradtke](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mapwindow.discourse.group/mikeradtke/32/558_2.png) [@mikeradtke](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/mikeradtke)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/change-shape-color/1124/1 "2021-10-28T21:32:08Z")

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Hello again. I’m trying to change the color of a shape and am having no luck. I have spent many hours on this and would appreciate any help I can get. I have tried following all the examples for setting categories, but I am struggling with the translation from the example code to VBA. I am able to change the point symbol as well as the point size, but I can’t change the point color. Please help!  
Thank you.

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**Author:** ![mikeradtke](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mapwindow.discourse.group/mikeradtke/32/558_2.png) [@mikeradtke](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/mikeradtke)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/change-shape-color/1124/2 "2021-10-30T15:30:37Z")

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I figured this out. I needed to put my defaultdrawingoptions in a different spot of my code.

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**Author:** ![pmeems](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/mapwindow.discourse.group/pmeems/32/9_2.png) [@pmeems](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/u/pmeems)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://mapwindow.discourse.group/t/change-shape-color/1124/3 "2022-01-05T13:43:42Z")

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