How do I change the color of messageboxes in my win32 application?

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I want the scroll bar, dialog boxes, buttons and message boxes of my application to have the same colour, but one different from the default ones. I have acquired knowledge on how to change tha colour of dialogue boxes and buttons, but I am yet to learn how to change that of the scrollbar and message boxes. Can anyone here show me how to change the colour of message boxes for my Win32 C++ application?

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I have Googled for many hours and searched several developer websites.

Posted 25-Oct-23 3:58am

Gbenbam

Updated 6-Nov-23 3:45am

Deeksha Shenoy

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2023-10-25T04:35:00

Solution 1

For a ScrollBar you respond to the WM_CTLCOLORSCROLLBAR message (Winuser.h) - Win32 apps | Microsoft Learn[^]. I am not sure about MessageBox, as that is a dynamically built dialog, which is managed internally by Windows. You may be able to do it with SetWindowTheme function (uxtheme.h) - Win32 apps | Microsoft Learn[^].

Posted 25-Oct-23 4:35am

Richard MacCutchan

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Gbenbam 30-Oct-23 13:09pm

Thanks for the solutin.

CPallini · Answer 2 · 2023-10-25T04:37:00

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I suppose you have to write your own. Or, possibly, you might find something here at CodeProject. This one XMessageBox - A reverse-engineered MessageBox()[^] is an oldie-GOLDIE, but there are alternatives.

Posted 25-Oct-23 4:37am

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Maxim Kartavenkov 25-Oct-23 11:58am

5.

CPallini 25-Oct-23 16:32pm

Thank you.

Gbenbam 30-Oct-23 13:09pm

Thanks for the solution.

CPallini 31-Oct-23 2:54am

You are welcome.