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VCProgrammer16-Jan-13 1:36

16-Jan-13 1:36

hi all,

i want to get window color that is appear on window border,start menu and taskbar.

how can i do this?

thanks in advance.

Re: how to get window color?

Richard MacCutchan16-Jan-13 2:12

Richard MacCutchan

16-Jan-13 2:12

See the GetSysColor function[^].

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Re: how to get window color?

VCProgrammer16-Jan-13 17:40

VCProgrammer

16-Jan-13 17:40

yes i already use this .

i am using windows 7, and set Leaf color here "Control Panel\Appearance and Personalization\Personalization\Window Color and Appearance"

but using GetSysColor this color cant get even i chk this for all values.

please help me which value is use to get this color?

thanks.

Re: how to get window color?

Jochen Arndt16-Jan-13 22:19

Jochen Arndt

16-Jan-13 22:19

With enabled themes you can use GetThemeColor[^]. See also the CP article Add XP Visual Style Support to OWNERDRAW Controls[^]. It may contain useful information (the demo application is based on the no longer available ThemeExplorer from Microsoft which shows the colors for the various GUI elements).

Re: how to get window color?

VCProgrammer18-Jan-13 18:42

VCProgrammer

18-Jan-13 18:42

//i am use GetThemeColor like this.

// Getting the text color used for taskbar captions.
	HTHEME hTheme = ::OpenThemeData(NULL, VSCLASS_TASKBAND);
	ATLASSERT(hTheme);

	COLORREF clrText = 0;
	if(hTheme)
	{
		const HRESULT hr = ::GetThemeColor(hTheme, TDP_GROUPCOUNT, 0, 
										   TMT_BORDERCOLOR, &clrText);		


		ATLASSERT(SUCCEEDED(hr));

		::CloseThemeData(hTheme);
	}

	// Classic visual scheme.
	::FillRect(pDC->m_hDC, &banner_rect, ::GetSysColorBrush(CTLCOLOR_DLG));

	// Themed visual scheme. Draw transparently.
	::DrawThemeParentBackground(obj_RecProfDlg->GetSafeHwnd(), pDC->m_hDC, &banner_rect);