trying to set my properties in the mainwindow so that some Tabs and buttons change to a different color on startup

[Lineaxe]

I have been trying to set my properties in the mainwindow so that some Tabs and buttons change to a different color on startup. It has worked well in all the other dialog boxes that I have created .Some items have changed in the mainwindow but the tabs and buttons just won't change color. There must be something blocking me from setting them in the properties box for the mainwindow ..

[Lineaxe]

Oddly enough , the buttons and Tabs are changed when I view the form before I build it, then they just lose the format information when I run the program.

[Lineaxe]

Heh , where is the blush smiley when you need it . Well another bit of experimenting from earlier in the project cycle shows itself. Setting a stylesheet in the program will override the properties everytime...