How to get the Windows System Colors

[crpietschmann]

Use the System.Drawing.SystemColors namespace to get the Windows system colors.

'' This retrieves the HighlightText color and assigns it to the BackColor of a form

myForm.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.HighlightText

[biswajitdas]

to handle the window color you can take the help ofGDI + panel

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Beside the fact that GDI+ API is easier and flexible than GDI, there are many more new features added to the API. Some of the new features GDI+ offers are –

Ø Improved Colors. Now GDI+ comes with more colors and these are compatible with other colors such as Windows etc.
Ø Antialiasing support
Ø Gradient brushes
Ø Splines
Ø Transformation and Matrices
Ø Scalable reasons
Ø Alpha Blending



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