[vb] Retrieving The Taskbar's Text Color

[jimbo11883]

I'm looking for a way to retrieve the Taskbar's text color (Taskband description text, like Address/Quick Launch...) (ie. the light blue for Windows XP Blue) using the GetThemeColor api function declared in the uxtheme library, but I don't know how to get it to work.

[azcodemonkey]

What version of VB?

[jimbo11883]

VB6

[jimbo11883]

Wow, no one knows, huh... It's pretty hard to figure out... but I myself am still trying.

[azcodemonkey]

GetThemeColor won't work for retrieving text color, and I'm still trying to find what would get it.

[jimbo11883]

If anyone figures it out, I'll include their name in the credits for GIBar.

[kyo116]

there's a gettextcolour function in the gdi

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default....ontext_1wmq.asp

this might help too:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default....tsandstates.asp

GetThemeFont should get the other properties. hope it helps.

Edited November 27, 2002 by kyo116