Get color of a control

[Terenz]

Hi guys,

I don't have never used all the pixel function so the error maybe is simple. I want to know the color of a control inside the GUI:

#include <StaticConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

$hGUI = GUICreate("My Name", 293, 154, -1, -1)
$Label = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 100, 56, 28, 28)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, 0x0054E3)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

$aPos = ControlGetPos($hGUI, "", $Label)
ConsoleWrite("Position: " & $aPos[0] & "," & $aPos[1] & @CRLF & "Size: " & $aPos[2] & "," & $aPos[3] & @CR)
$Col = PixelGetColor($aPos[0], $aPos[1], $Form1)
ConsoleWrite("Color: 0x" & Hex($Col, 6) & @CR)

While 1
    $nMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $nMsg
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
    EndSwitch
WEnd

The output is:

Position: 100,56
Size: 28,28
Color: 0xECE9D8

As you can see, the color don't match 0xECE9D8 vs 0x0054E3

Why?

Edited May 20, 2015 by Terenz

[UEZ]

Probably the coordinates are different than expected. Try to set AutoItSetOption("GUICoordMode", 0) and try again.

[Terenz]

Done, the result is:

Position: 99,55
Size: 28,28
Color: 0xECE9D8

Always different. Thanks

EDIT: Solved with "PixelCoordMode" with 2, thanks UEZ for point me in the right direction

Edited May 20, 2015 by Terenz

[UEZ]

You can use also _WinAPI_GetSysColor() to get the default color of any specified display element.

Edited May 29, 2015 by UEZ

[jguinch]

You can also retrieve the position relative to screen of the control by using WinGetPos and the control handle as parameter :

$hCtrl = GUICtrlGetHandle($Label)
$aPos = WinGetPos( $hCtrl)
ConsoleWrite("Position: " & $aPos[0] & "," & $aPos[1] & @CRLF & "Size: " & $aPos[2] & "," & $aPos[3] & @CR)
$Col = PixelGetColor($aPos[0], $aPos[1], $hGUI)
ConsoleWrite("Color: 0x" & Hex($Col, 6) & @CR)