Color the Status Bar

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Hey there, I am creating a dialog based application with status bar in the Dialog. I want to change the background color of the status bar.
I have used the following code but it is not working-

GetStatusBarCtrl().SetBkColor(RGB(0,0,0));

Please help.
Thanks in Advance

Posted 7-Oct-13 21:53pm

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Kamran Ayati · Answer 1 · 2013-10-07T22:03:00

Solution 1

you should use the api of status and call handle of status bar window and then set color for it

Posted 7-Oct-13 22:03pm

Kamran Ayati

ranjithkumar81 · Answer 2 · 2013-10-10T23:02:00

Solution 2

use CMetaFileDC to change the color on status bar.

Using metafile dc u can draw and paint client and non-client area.

Posted 10-Oct-13 23:02pm

ranjithkumar81

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Member 8919952 11-Oct-13 5:09am

Well thanks, I will try that. But I saw a strange thing that my code i.e. GetStatusBarCtrl().SetBkColor(RGB(0,0,0)); is working for Windows Classic, but not for Windows XP, do anyone have any idea why it is so?
Thanks a lot !