Statusbar color

[starzboy]

Hi

I have colored a dialogbox and the statics, but the color of status bar has not chnaged and looks weird.
How does one change the color of a statusbar ?

thanx

[ramguru]

maybe with SB_SETBKCOLOR message  :wink

[MichaelW]

In my quick test sending a SB_SETBKCOLOR message from the WM_INITDIALOG handler worked as expected for a dialog that was not user-sizable. But for a user-sizeable dialog the sizing area at the right end of the status bar remained at the default background color, unaffected by the color set with SB_SETBKCOLOR or in my WM_CTLCOLORDLG handler. The attachment shows the problem. At this point I have no idea of how to correct the problem.

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[Slugsnack]

it might be worth it to try to call setwindowpos() after you send the message. some changes don't always take place till you do that. eg. setwindowlong

[MichaelW]

The problem can be eliminated by maximizing the window (but only while it is maximized), and otherwise the problem is not affected by moving, sizing, or forcing a redraw.