GetSysColor and SetSysColor

[Ealric]

Anyone want to try their hand at converting GetSysColor and SetSysColor for autoit? I'm particularly interested in setting the color for menubars.

SetSysColor

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724940(VS.85).aspx

GetSysColor

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724371(VS.85).aspx

The color menubar is I believe on 30.

COLOR_MENUBAR

30

Example

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724208(VS.85).aspx

WM_SYSCOLORCHANGE

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd145223(VS.85).aspx

I'm not very good at portiing code over but I'm certain that it can be done. Is anyone saavy enough with code conversion around that wants to give it a shot?

Many thanks in advance.

[Melba23]

Ealric,

Have you looked at _WinAPI_GetSysColor and _WinAPI_SetSysColor in the Help file?

No, I thought not.

M23

[Ealric]

Ealric,

Have you looked at _WinAPI_GetSysColor and _WinAPI_SetSysColor in the Help file?

No, I thought not.

M23

I did a search by SetSysColor and the help file shows "no topics found". GetSysColor does show up though but I figured if one was not in the file, the other would not be also. Unfortunately, the help file does not have search indexing set for wildcard entries - only "exact" entries.

I'm looking through them now and will see if they do what I need them to.

Thanks.

[Ealric]

I checked and no, it won't help me. It only applies those settings for 'all' system menubars but not the default gui app. I need a custom DLL call to point a change to the menu color for the existing GUI application and not for the entire system.

So, back to square one. Anyone else understand what it is I'm trying to do?

Thanks.

[monoceres]

I checked and no, it won't help me. It only applies those settings for 'all' system menubars but not the default gui app. I need a custom DLL call to point a change to the menu color for the existing GUI application and not for the entire system.

So, back to square one. Anyone else understand what it is I'm trying to do?

Thanks.

Then SetSysColors is not the thing you're looking for, because as the name hints, it changes the colors on the system.

And no, I don't know how to do it for one window (GUI is not my thing).

[Ealric]

Then SetSysColors is not the thing you're looking for, because as the name hints, it changes the colors on the system.

And no, I don't know how to do it for one window (GUI is not my thing).

thanks mate - I appreciate the followup. Yeah, I understand what they do per say, but was hoping to provide a generic example as to what I wanted to do and utilize that with just a GUI file menu. The closest thing I could find that manipulated any menubars was SetSysColors. So, was a far reach but my groping went up empty.

I'm going to bypass the file menu completely and create custom buttons with $BS_BITMAP and pictures instead. It will look cleaner. I almost have the new googlehack completely skinned custom made by me in PS CS4.

Again, thanks.