Function name: GetSysColor

Defined in : User32

Requirements : Windows NT 3.1 or later; Windows 95 or later

Declaration:

Declare Function GetSysColor Lib "user32" Alias "GetSysColor" (ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long

Parameters:

* nIndex Specifies the display element whose color is to be retrieved. This parameter must be one of the following values: COLOR_3DDKSHADOW Dark shadow for three-dimensional display elements. COLOR_3DFACE, COLOR_BTNFACE Face color for three-dimensional display elements. COLOR_3DHILIGHT, COLOR_3DHIGHLIGHT, COLOR_BTNHILIGHT, COLOR_BTNHIGHLIGHT Highlight color for three-dimensional display elements (for edges facing the light source.) COLOR_3DLIGHT Light color for three-dimensional display elements (for edges facing the light source.) COLOR_3DSHADOW, COLOR_BTNSHADOW Shadow color for three-dimensional display elements (for edges facing away from the light source). COLOR_ACTIVEBORDER Active window border. COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION Active window caption. COLOR_APPWORKSPACE Background color of multiple document interface (MDI) applications. COLOR_BACKGROUND, COLOR_DESKTOP Desktop. COLOR_BTNTEXT Text on push buttons. COLOR_CAPTIONTEXT Text in caption, size box, and scroll bar arrow box. COLOR_GRAYTEXT Grayed (disabled) text. This color is set to 0 if the current display driver does not support a solid gray color. COLOR_HIGHLIGHT Item(s) selected in a control. COLOR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT Text of item(s) selected in a control. COLOR_INACTIVEBORDER Inactive window border. COLOR_INACTIVECAPTION Inactive window caption. COLOR_INACTIVECAPTIONTEXT Color of text in an inactive caption. COLOR_INFOBK Background color for tooltip controls. COLOR_INFOTEXT Text color for tooltip controls. COLOR_MENU Menu background. COLOR_MENUTEXT Text in menus. COLOR_SCROLLBAR Scroll bar gray area. COLOR_WINDOW Window background. COLOR_WINDOWFRAME Window frame. COLOR_WINDOWTEXT Text in windows.

Returns:

If the function succeeds, the return value is the red, green, blue (RGB) color value that specifies the color of the given element.

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