Michael K. O'Neill wrote:
"Frank S" <JazzedApps@community.nospam> wrote in message
news:%23Rmut40FIHA.4752@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
I use code like this:
::FillRect(pDC->m_hDC, &rectIcon, (HBRUSH) (COLOR_MENU+1));
to erase a static control to match the background of a dialog. This works
fine using the Windows
Classic theme.
When I change to Windows XP theme, the static control is erased with an
off white color, instead of
a light grey.
So I looked at some theme APIs and tried code like this:
HTHEME hTheme = NULL;
HWND hWnd = NULL;
BOOL bAppThemed = IsAppThemed();
if(bAppThemed)
{
hWnd = GetSafeHwnd();
hTheme = OpenThemeData(hWnd, L"Static");
}
but hTheme returned from OpenThemeData is always null. (I intended to try
using GetThemeSysColor.)
How can I solve this problem (erasing a static control to match the
background of a dialog)?
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Regards,
Frank
In your original code, try using COLOR_3DFACE instead of COLOR_MENU.
COLOR_3DFACE is the "Face color for three-dimensional display elements and
for dialog box backgrounds", which sounds like what you want. COLOR_MENU is
the "Menu background", which doesn't sound correct given your objective of
the dialog's background. The fact that these two colors might have been the
same in the classic XP theme is completely coincidental.
I have tried COLOR_BTNFACE, which is the same as COLOR_3DFACE, and I see the same (undesired) results.