[Gambas-user] Set component's default color _Property

[Moviga Technologies]

Question #1:

How should I correctly set the color property?
The only example I found in the wiki was Color1{Color}=-1
Trying to set the HEX value, but to no avail:

Public Const _Properties As String = 
"*,Text,Border,Color1{Color}=&HDFDFDF&,Color2{Color}=&H9F9F9F&"

Question #2:

When I've changed or added some property (like Color1 above), or the 
component image, the change is normally not reflected in the form 
designer.
If i restart Gambas, or use the reload project button, it will often 
times not help either. But after some time, it just happens that the 
form designer catches up.
It has been like this for years, but now I'm asking why :) What 
mechanism causes the form designer to reload the proper values?