SysColor (Function)

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SysColor (Function)

In french: SysCouleur

Identifies or modifies the color of a Windows element.

In this version, you can only identify the color of a Windows element.

Versions 16 and later

This function is now available for Windows Phone applications.

New in version 16

This function is now available for Windows Phone applications.

Versions 21 and later

This function is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

New in version 21

This function is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

Example

// Identify the color of active title bar
ResColor = SysColor(scActiveCaption)

Syntax

Identifying the color of a Windows element Hide the details

<Result> = SysColor(<Windows Element>)

<Result>: Integer

Color of specified element in RGB format. To retrieve the color components, use RGBBlue, RGBRed and RGBGreen.

<Windows Element>: Constant

Windows element to use:
Versions 16 and later
scAccent
New in version 16
scAccent
scAccent Color used to highlight a text.
This constant is not available. This constant is available in Windows Phone only.
scScrollBar Scroll bar.
scActiveBorder Border of active window.
scBtnFace Border of button.
scInactiveBorder Border of inactive window.
scActiveCaption Title bar active.
scInactiveCaption Title bar inactive.
scBtnHighLight Selected button (corresponds to the 3D buttons of Windows 95).
scBtnText Text of text buttons.
scAppWorkSpace Workspace of MDI applications.
scWindow Background of window.
scBackground Desktop.
scHighLight Background of selected object.
scMenu Background of menus.
scBtnShadow Shadow of buttons.
scWindowText Text of window.
scGrayText Grayed text (returns zero if the display driver contains no grayscale).
scMenuText Text of menus.
scHighLightText Text of selected object.
scCaptionText Text of title bar.
scInactiveCaptionText Title bar inactive.
scWindowFrame Border of window.
scScrollBar Scroll bar.
This constant is not available.
scActiveBorder Border of active window.
This constant is not available.
scBtnFace Border of button.
scInactiveBorder Border of inactive window.
This constant is not available.
scActiveCaption Title bar active.
scInactiveCaption Title bar inactive.
scBtnHighLight Selected button (corresponds to the 3D buttons of Windows 95).
scBtnText Text of text buttons.
scAppWorkSpace Workspace of MDI applications.
This constant is not available.
scWindow Background of window.
scBackground Desktop.
scHighLight Background of selected object.
This constant is not available.
scMenu Background of menus.
This constant is not available.
scBtnShadow Shadow of buttons.
This constant is not available.
scWindowText Text of window.
scGrayText Grayed text (returns zero if the display driver contains no grayscale).
scMenuText Text of menus.
This constant is not available.
scHighLightText Text of selected object.
scCaptionText Text of title bar.
scInactiveCaptionText Title bar inactive.
scWindowFrame Border of window.
This constant is not available.

Modifying the color of a Windows element Hide the details

SysColor(<Windows Element> , <Color>)

<Windows Element>: Constant

Windows element to use:
scScrollBar Scroll bar.
scActiveBorder Border of active window.
scBtnFace Border of button.
scInactiveBorder Border of inactive window.
scActiveCaption Title bar active.
scInactiveCaption Title bar inactive.
scBtnHighLight Selected button (corresponds to the 3D buttons of Windows 95).
scBtnText Text of text buttons.
scAppWorkSpace Workspace of MDI applications.
scWindow Background of window.
scBackground Desktop.
scHighLight Background of selected object.
scMenu Background of menus.
scBtnShadow Shadow of buttons.
scWindowText Text of window.
scGrayText Grayed text (returns zero if the display driver contains no grayscale).
scMenuText Text of menus.
scHighLightText Text of selected object.
scCaptionText Text of title bar.
scInactiveCaptionText Title bar inactive.
scWindowFrame Border of window.

<Color>: Integer

New color for the specified element. This color corresponds to:
an RGB color (returned by RGB),
a preset color of WLanguage.

Remarks

Color

The color depends on the number of colors used by the system and on the screen resolution. This number of colors is returned by SysColorRes.

Windows XP

In Windows XP, SysColor does not operate if "Windows XP style" is selected in the "Window and button" option of the display properties of the current computer.

Component : wd240std.dll