I've used Tip090003 to change the title bar (active caption) colors (SET OR READ THE CURRENT USER DESKTOP COLOR SETTINGS); however, this changes the colors on all applications ... i need to do it on only my access 2000 db application, leaving all other applications set to the user's color scheme ... any ideas?  i'm new to API functions and have spent hours searching google for an answer, but all i can come with is changing the windows colors, not simply the application colors.

[Edited by tizziebird on 25-10-2004 at 09:05 PM GMT]

[Edited by tizziebird on 25-10-2004 at 11:13 AM GMT]

As it is said, it SETS OR READS THE CURRENT USER DESKTOP COLOR SETTINGS, where cuurent user means current windows user, not user of your application. To change appearance of your application windows only, you would need to suclass a form. This way you tell OS that you will draw a form by yourself, and then you can change form shape, its color, buttons 0 client and non-client areas.... IF you dont know anything about subclassing,  then maybe it is the best to search for some code on the net, so you can implement it in your application. There are some rules about subclassing which must be followed in order your app and OS to be safely running (or else you will receive GPF's). There are also many examples on this site and many subclassing tutorials on  the net, which can give you basic idea how subclassing works.

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Hi tizziebird,
It is possible to set the non-client area of the window (titlebar)to include text and background colour of your choice. But it involves a lot of API calls!
You have to first get the window's rectangle using GetWindowRect(). Then get the DC (Device Context) of the Window by calling GetWindowDC()
Use GetSystemMetrics() to compute the dimensions of the caption bar, then draw in response to the WM_NCPAINT, WM_NCACTIVATE, WM_SETTEXT, and WM_SYSCOMMAND messages. When processing these messages, you should first pass on the message to DefWindowProc() for default processing, then render the caption before returning from the message.

GOOD LUCK



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