Is there a GUICtrlGetColor function?

[quickbeam]

I have a status line in my GUI that has various messages, but has green text when things are good and red otherwise.  I was hoping to avoid keeping another state variable around and just read back the color when I need to know the status.  AutoIT internally must know the color of what you set it to, but there doesn't seem to be a way to get to it?

I saw this thread, but that's about the background color, and is definitely a long way to get there:

Is there an easy solution, or should I just bite the bullet and add a line to update a new state variable every place the status is updated?

Thanks

[spudw2k]

What in your script dictates/sets the color of the text?  What kind of control is it (label)?

Are you able to post a reproducer/demo script?

edit: Without testing, this seems plausible  Couldn't get this to work.  

#include <WinAPI.au3>
#include <WinAPIGdi.au3>

Func GUICtrlGetTextColor($hWnd)
    If Not IsHWnd($hWnd) Then
        $hWnd = GUICtrlGetHandle($hWnd)
    EndIf
    Local $hDC = _WinAPI_GetDC($hWnd)
    Local $iColor = _WinAPI_GetTextColor($hDC)
    _WinAPI_ReleaseDC($hWnd, $hDC)
    Return $iColor
EndFunc

Found another example on the forum, but it's also a bit complicated (requires registermsg) and I get get that one to work either... 

Edited October 18, 2016 by spudw2k

[quickbeam]

Sorry.   I was just using GuiCtrlSetColor() to set the color on a label, then hoping for an easy way to retrieve it later.

I see GUICtrlGetHandle, but I'm not sure what you can do with a handle.  (I'm kind of new to the whole AutoIT world - I'm using it as an easy tool to test out my embedded program on a USB device, and definitely not a Windows expert).

Too bad that example didn't work, it looks promising.

[spudw2k]

Yea, drag.  So I'm not sure where to go from here in regards to retrieving the control color.  If it were me I'd just track the state/value/what-have-you when you apply the color in a global variable.  Seems just as effective to me...but I'm probably not seeing the entire picture here.

[quickbeam]

You're right, tracking the state is the easiest solution.  It's no deal-breaker, I can keep going. 

I'm just not that familiar with the language yet, so I assumed if you can set something, there exists a complementary function to get that value.  That does not seem to be the case.  I know when I write Python code, it looks like a C programmer wrote it.  I'm trying to avoid that here.

 

[kylomas]

quickbeam,

A color state var is probably the easiest solution, however, M23 came up with this solution to the same question.

kylomas

[quickbeam]

Yowzers.  A state variable it is.  Good to know the question has been researched before!