Tab controls Really Can't Be Colored... Or is it me?

[SadBunny]

Hi!

I can't seem to color tab controls. The included code creates a GUI with a tabItems in a Tab control, and a label on the tabItem. I gave every element some color command. The total GUI colors can be set, as can the label colors, but for a tab and tabItem control I cannot set any color. Am I missing something here?

Furthermore, why do these two color commands need their parameters in reverse order?

GUISetBkColor(<color>,<handle>)

GUICtrlSetColor(<handle>,<color>)

Example code:

$gui = GUICreate("test",500,200)
$tab = GUICtrlCreateTab(10,10,400,180)
$tab1 = GUICtrlCreateTabItem("test 1")
$label = GUICtrlCreateLabel("White on black",20,50,300,50)
GUICtrlCreateTabItem("")

GUISetBkColor(0x005555,$gui)
GUICtrlSetBkColor($tab,0x555500)
GUICtrlSetColor($tab,0x550055)
GUICtrlSetBkColor($tab1,0xBBBB00)
GUICtrlSetBkColor($label,0x000000)
GUICtrlSetColor($label,0xFFFFFF)

GUISetState()

MsgBox(0,"test","See what I mean?")

[SadBunny]

BTW The help for the color command tells us that some control types can be controlled, but not all. Tab is not in the list. So I guess there isn't a way in this command. But would anyone know any other way?

[RDSchaefer]

BTW The help for the color command tells us that some control types can be controlled, but not all. Tab is not in the list. So I guess there isn't a way in this command. But would anyone know any other way?

You could probably use the Win API to send the proper 'msg' to the control. Sorry, I can't come up with the code off the top of my head.

Ralph

[SadBunny]

You could probably use the Win API to send the proper 'msg' to the control. Sorry, I can't come up with the code off the top of my head.

Ralph

Thanks anyway... I'm afraid that I can't get around diving into all that COM API stuff any longer