Form border color

2 Feb 2006 6:08 AM

bartj

Hello,

Am using VB5 under XP pro. I notice that the forms border colors are
controled by the selected windows "color scheme". Is there any way to
change this programatically from inside VB to say black?

Thanks,
Bart j

2 Feb 2006 9:29 AM

Mike D Sutton

> Am using VB5 under XP pro. I notice that the forms border colors are
> controled by the selected windows "color scheme". Is there any way to
> change this programatically from inside VB to say black?

You would have to subclass the form, catch the non-client paint messages and perform your own drawing to the window
there. Alternatively disable borders on your form and paint what would be the non-client area of your form manually,
neither of which are a particularly easy task so unless it's a real problem IMO it's not worth the hassle.
Hope this helps,

Mike

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