--- gnome-panel/gnome-panel/ChangeLog	Fri Mar  8 03:30:34 2002
+++ gnome-panel-new/gnome-panel/ChangeLog	Mon Mar 11 12:53:48 2002
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-03-11  Shivram U  <shivaram.upadhyayula@wipro.com>
+
+	* panel-applet-frame.c : (panel_applet_frame_get_background_string)
+	We will not be adding '#' to the color string. '#' is used as a 
+	delimiter in parsing the moniker name. Fixes #73440.
+
 2002-03-08  Gediminas Paulauskas <menesis@delfi.lt>
 
 	* gnome-panel-properties.c: use Close button instead of OK (#72716)
--- gnome-panel/gnome-panel/panel-applet-frame.c	Fri Mar  8 03:30:35 2002
+++ gnome-panel-new/gnome-panel/panel-applet-frame.c	Mon Mar 11 12:19:01 2002
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ panel_applet_frame_get_background_string
 		break;
 	case PANEL_BACK_COLOR:
 		retval = g_strdup_printf (
-				"color:#%.4x%.4x%.4x", 
+				"color:%.4x%.4x%.4x", 
 				panel->back_color.red, 
 				panel->back_color.green, 
 				panel->back_color.blue);
--- gnome-panel/libpanel-applet/ChangeLog	Thu Mar  7 07:57:07 2002
+++ gnome-panel-new/libpanel-applet/ChangeLog	Mon Mar 11 13:07:11 2002
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-03-11  Shivram U  <shivaram.upadhyayula@wipr0.com>
+
+	* panel-applet.c: (panel_applet_parse_color): Not checking for '#' in
+	the color string. We will be passing the color with out the '#' now.
+	For eg: color:00ffff instead of color:#00ffff. Fix for #73440.
+
 2002-03-06  Mark McLoughlin  <mark@skynet.ie>
 
 	* panel-applet.c: (panel_applet_associate_schemas_in_dir): remove bogus
--- gnome-panel/libpanel-applet/panel-applet.c	Thu Mar  7 07:57:07 2002
+++ gnome-panel-new/libpanel-applet/panel-applet.c	Mon Mar 11 12:35:10 2002
@@ -483,10 +483,7 @@ panel_applet_parse_color (const gchar *c
 
 	g_assert (color_str && color);
 
-	if (color_str [0] != '#')
-		return FALSE;
-
-	if (sscanf (color_str + 1, "%4x%4x%4x", &r, &g, &b) != 3)
+	if (sscanf (color_str, "%4x%4x%4x", &r, &g, &b) != 3)
 		return FALSE;
 
 	color->red   = r;
