Daveychan Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Hello, My apologies if this has been answered.. a search didn't find what i was looking for. In Help, under "GUICtrlSetBkColor" it says that: "Only Label, Checkbox, Group, Radio, Edit, Input, List, Listview, ListviewItem, Treeview, TreeviewItem, Graphic and Progress controls can currently be colored." Is there anyway around this? I've got a color scheme working that I like, but now I want to extend the functionality of my GUI, but when i add tabs, in lose the ability to change the colors the way i like. Sorry for such a basic question, hopefully the answer is basic as well! cheerz in advance! daveychan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NELyon Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Hello,My apologies if this has been answered.. a search didn't find what i was looking for.In Help, under "GUICtrlSetBkColor" it says that: "Only Label, Checkbox, Group, Radio, Edit, Input, List, Listview, ListviewItem, Treeview, TreeviewItem, Graphic and Progress controls can currently be colored."Is there anyway around this? I've got a color scheme working that I like, but now I want to extend the functionality of my GUI, but when i add tabs, in lose the ability to change the colors the way i like.Sorry for such a basic question, hopefully the answer is basic as well!cheerz in advance!daveychanI think XSKin now has this functionality. Check the Example Scripts section. It's somewhere around there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveychan Posted February 5, 2007 Author Share Posted February 5, 2007 Mahalo for the reply, I'll check it out! :"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xq1xq1xq1 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 I think XSKin now has this functionality. Check the Example Scripts section. It's somewhere around there I want to change the 'background' color of my tabs also.I did a search through the AutoIt examples and could not find XSKin.Could you please provide more details?Thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCreatoR Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 I want to change the 'background' color of my tabs also. #include <GuiConstants.au3> #include <GuiTab.au3> $Gui = GUICreate("_GUICtrlTab_SetBkColor() Demo", 320, 280) $hTab = GUICtrlCreateTab(10, 20, 300, 250) GUICtrlCreateTabItem("Tab 1") _GUICtrlTab_SetBkColor($Gui, $hTab, 0xFF0000) GUICtrlCreateButton("Some Button", 20, 50) GUICtrlCreateTabItem("Tab 2") _GUICtrlTab_SetBkColor($Gui, $hTab, 0x00CC00) GUICtrlCreateCheckbox("Some Checkbox", 20, 50) GUISetState() While 1 $Msg = GUIGetMsg() Switch $Msg Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Exit EndSwitch WEnd Func _GUICtrlTab_SetBkColor($hWnd, $hSysTab32, $sBkColor) Local $aTabPos = ControlGetPos($hWnd, "", $hSysTab32) Local $aTab_Rect = _GUICtrlTab_GetItemRect($hSysTab32, -1) GUICtrlCreateLabel("", $aTabPos[0]+2, $aTabPos[1]+$aTab_Rect[3]+4, $aTabPos[2]-4, $aTabPos[3]-$aTab_Rect[3]-7) GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, $sBkColor) GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_DISABLE) EndFunc  Spoiler Using OS: Win 7 Professional, Using AutoIt Ver(s): 3.3.6.1 / 3.3.8.1  AutoIt Russian Community My Work... Spoiler Projects: ATT - Application Translate Tool {new}| BlockIt - Block files & folders {new}| SIP - Selected Image Preview {new}| SISCABMAN - SciTE Abbreviations Manager {new}| AutoIt Path Switcher | AutoIt Menu for Opera! | YouTube Download Center! | Desktop Icons Restorator | Math Tasks | KeyBoard & Mouse Cleaner | CaptureIt - Capture Images Utility | CheckFileSize ProgramUDFs: OnAutoItErrorRegister - Handle AutoIt critical errors {new}| AutoIt Syntax Highlight {new}| Opera Library! | Winamp Library | GetFolderToMenu | Custom_InputBox()! | _FileRun UDF | _CheckInput() UDF | _GUIInputSetOnlyNumbers() UDF | _FileGetValidName() UDF | _GUICtrlCreateRadioCBox UDF | _GuiCreateGrid() | _PathSplitByRegExp() | _GUICtrlListView_MoveItems - UDF | GUICtrlSetOnHover_UDF! | _ControlTab UDF! | _MouseSetOnEvent() UDF! | _ProcessListEx - UDF | GUICtrl_SetResizing - UDF! | Mod. for _IniString UDFs | _StringStripChars UDF | _ColorIsDarkShade UDF | _ColorConvertValue UDF | _GUICtrlTab_CoverBackground | CUI_App_UDF | _IncludeScripts UDF | _AutoIt3ExecuteCode | _DragList UDF | Mod. for _ListView_Progress | _ListView_SysLink | _GenerateRandomNumbers | _BlockInputEx | _IsPressedEx | OnAutoItExit Handler | _GUICtrlCreateTFLabel UDF | WinControlSetEvent UDF | Mod. for _DirGetSizeEx UDF Examples: ScreenSaver Demo - Matrix included | Gui Drag Without pause the script | _WinAttach()! | Turn Off/On Monitor | ComboBox Handler Example | Mod. for "Thinking Box" | Cool "About" Box | TasksBar Imitation Demo Like the Projects/UDFs/Examples? Please rate the topic (up-right corner of the post header: Rating ) * === My topics === * ================================================== ==================================================    AutoIt is simple, subtle, elegant. © AutoIt Team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frodo Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Hmm, its nice until you try and use something simple like GUICtrlCreateGraphic on a coloured tab...fails, manily because the tab background is a label now... Surely theres got to be a way to colour the tab without rendering other controls useless? Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 (edited) Hmm, its nice until you try and use something simple like GUICtrlCreateGraphic on a coloured tab...fails, manily because the tab background is a label now...Surely theres got to be a way to colour the tab without rendering other controls useless?Anyone?Can you give an example of a graphic on a tab without the coloured label?BTW the end tabitem definition is missing from the example above.(GUICtrlCreateTabItem("") ) Edited May 11, 2008 by martin Serial port communications UDF Includes functions for binary transmission and reception.printing UDF Useful for graphs, forms, labels, reports etc.Add User Call Tips to SciTE for functions in UDFs not included with AutoIt and for your own scripts.Functions with parameters in OnEvent mode and for Hot Keys One function replaces GuiSetOnEvent, GuiCtrlSetOnEvent and HotKeySet.UDF IsConnected2 for notification of status of connected state of many urls or IPs, without slowing the script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frodo Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Can you give an example of a graphic on a tab without the coloured label? BTW the end tabitem definition is missing from the example above.(GUICtrlCreateTabItem("") ) Okay, take something this simple: #include <GuiConstants.au3> $hGUI = GUICreate("", 300, 200) $hTab = GUICtrlCreateTab(10, 10, 280, 180) $TabItem1 = GUICtrlCreateTabItem("TabItem 1") GUICtrlCreateGraphic(20, 80, 14,14, $SS_SUNKEN) GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_DISABLE) GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_ONTOP) GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, 0xff04ff) $TabItem2 = GUICtrlCreateTabItem("TabItem 2") GUICtrlCreateTabItem("") GUISetState() While 1 $msg = GUIGetMsg() Switch $msg Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE ExitLoop EndSwitch WEnd Then try the commonly used method of colouring the tabs, which is turning the background into a label, and the GUICtrlCreateGraphic part fails..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Okay, take something this simple: #include <GuiConstants.au3> $hGUI = GUICreate("", 300, 200) $hTab = GUICtrlCreateTab(10, 10, 280, 180) $TabItem1 = GUICtrlCreateTabItem("TabItem 1") GUICtrlCreateGraphic(20, 80, 14,14, $SS_SUNKEN) GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_DISABLE) GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_ONTOP) GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, 0xff04ff) $TabItem2 = GUICtrlCreateTabItem("TabItem 2") GUICtrlCreateTabItem("") GUISetState() While 1 $msg = GUIGetMsg() Switch $msg Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE ExitLoop EndSwitch WEnd Then try the commonly used method of colouring the tabs, which is turning the background into a label, and the GUICtrlCreateGraphic part fails.....Here's a way to do what you want expandcollapse popup;modified from Example of TAB in TAB ctrl by aec in AutoIt post #include <GUIConstants.au3> Global $main_GUI,$ok_button,$cancel_button ;This window has 2 ok/cancel-buttons $main_GUI = GUICreate("TAB in TAB",260,250,-1,-1) $ok_button = GUICtrlCreateButton("OK",40,220,70,20) $cancel_button = GUICtrlCreateButton("Cancel",150,220,70,20) ; Create the first child window that is implemented into the main GUI $child1 = GUICreate("",230,170,15,35,BitOr($WS_CHILD,$WS_TABSTOP),-1,$main_GUI) $child_tab = GUICtrlCreateTab(10,10,210,150) $child11tab = GUICtrlCreateTabItem("1") $child12tab = GUICtrlCreateTabItem("2") GUICtrlCreateTabItem("") GUISetState() ; Create the second child window that is implemented into the main GUI $child2 = GUICreate("",230,170,15,35,BitOr($WS_CHILD,$WS_TABSTOP),-1,$main_GUI) $labBkGround = GUICtrlCreateLabel("",0,0,230,170,$WS_CLIPSIBLINGS);GUICtrlCreateListView("Col1|Col2",10,10,210,150,-1,$WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE) GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1,0xff0000) GUICtrlSetState(-1,$GUI_DISABLE) GUICtrlCreateGraphic(20, 80, 14,14, $SS_SUNKEN) GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_DISABLE) GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_ONTOP) GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, 0xff04ff) ; Switch back the main GUI and create the tabs GUISwitch($main_GUI) $main_tab = GUICtrlCreateTab(10,10,240,200) $child1tab = GUICtrlCreateTabItem("Child1") $child2tab = GUICtrlCreateTabItem("Child2") GUICtrlCreateTabItem("") GUISetState() $HideShow = $GUI_HIDE + $GUI_SHOW $chil1tabstate = true While 1 $msg = GUIGetMsg(1) Switch $msg[0] Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE ExitLoop Case $cancel_button $chil1tabstate = not $chil1tabstate If $chil1tabstate Then GUISetState(@SW_ENABLE,$child2) Else GUISetState(@SW_DISABLE ,$child2) EndIf Case $main_tab Switch GUICtrlRead($main_tab) Case 0 GUISetState(@SW_HIDE,$child2) GUISetState(@SW_SHOW,$child1) Case 1 GUISetState(@SW_HIDE,$child1) If $chil1tabstate Then GUISetState(@SW_SHOW,$child2) EndSwitch EndSwitch WEnd Serial port communications UDF Includes functions for binary transmission and reception.printing UDF Useful for graphs, forms, labels, reports etc.Add User Call Tips to SciTE for functions in UDFs not included with AutoIt and for your own scripts.Functions with parameters in OnEvent mode and for Hot Keys One function replaces GuiSetOnEvent, GuiCtrlSetOnEvent and HotKeySet.UDF IsConnected2 for notification of status of connected state of many urls or IPs, without slowing the script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frodo Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Here's a way to do what you want expandcollapse popup;modified from Example of TAB in TAB ctrl by aec in AutoIt post #include <GUIConstants.au3> Global $main_GUI,$ok_button,$cancel_button ;This window has 2 ok/cancel-buttons $main_GUI = GUICreate("TAB in TAB",260,250,-1,-1) $ok_button = GUICtrlCreateButton("OK",40,220,70,20) $cancel_button = GUICtrlCreateButton("Cancel",150,220,70,20) ; Create the first child window that is implemented into the main GUI $child1 = GUICreate("",230,170,15,35,BitOr($WS_CHILD,$WS_TABSTOP),-1,$main_GUI) $child_tab = GUICtrlCreateTab(10,10,210,150) $child11tab = GUICtrlCreateTabItem("1") $child12tab = GUICtrlCreateTabItem("2") GUICtrlCreateTabItem("") GUISetState() ; Create the second child window that is implemented into the main GUI $child2 = GUICreate("",230,170,15,35,BitOr($WS_CHILD,$WS_TABSTOP),-1,$main_GUI) $labBkGround = GUICtrlCreateLabel("",0,0,230,170,$WS_CLIPSIBLINGS);GUICtrlCreateListView("Col1|Col2",10,10,210,150,-1,$WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE) GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1,0xff0000) GUICtrlSetState(-1,$GUI_DISABLE) GUICtrlCreateGraphic(20, 80, 14,14, $SS_SUNKEN) GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_DISABLE) GUICtrlSetState(-1, $GUI_ONTOP) GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, 0xff04ff) ; Switch back the main GUI and create the tabs GUISwitch($main_GUI) $main_tab = GUICtrlCreateTab(10,10,240,200) $child1tab = GUICtrlCreateTabItem("Child1") $child2tab = GUICtrlCreateTabItem("Child2") GUICtrlCreateTabItem("") GUISetState() $HideShow = $GUI_HIDE + $GUI_SHOW $chil1tabstate = true While 1 $msg = GUIGetMsg(1) Switch $msg[0] Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE ExitLoop Case $cancel_button $chil1tabstate = not $chil1tabstate If $chil1tabstate Then GUISetState(@SW_ENABLE,$child2) Else GUISetState(@SW_DISABLE ,$child2) EndIf Case $main_tab Switch GUICtrlRead($main_tab) Case 0 GUISetState(@SW_HIDE,$child2) GUISetState(@SW_SHOW,$child1) Case 1 GUISetState(@SW_HIDE,$child1) If $chil1tabstate Then GUISetState(@SW_SHOW,$child2) EndSwitch EndSwitch WEnd Thanks for that, it does work, but sheesh, you would hope there was an easier way wouldnt you lol. Thanks again p.s. This came about due to using a custom pie control on a tab, the custom control doesnt match its background to the tab control when using the windows xp theme, so thats the reason i was altering the background. While tearing my hair out ive been using the following workaround at the top of my script to turn the windows xp theme off...back to classic :0 DllCall("uxtheme.dll", "none", "SetThemeAppProperties", "int", 0) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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