Change The Background of The Treeview Control

Hi,
Does anyone know how to change the background of a Treeview control

Example :
Placing a picture on the background or Just change the background color.

unfortunatly the only way to change the backcolor of a treeview is subclassing (and quite a bit of work). sheridan (www.shersoft.com) offers a SSTreeView control with the possibility to change backcolor. you can download a demo version from there, I think buying that one is cheaper then writing it yourself (maybe less bugs too?).

best regards

Sascha

add this to a module

Code:

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Public Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, lParam As Any) As Long
Public Declare Function GetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowLongA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
Public Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "SetWindowLongA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long, ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long


Public Enum TVMColorProps
TVM_GETBKCOLOR = 4383
TVM_GETTEXTCOLOR = 4384
TVM_SETBKCOLOR = 4381
TVM_SETTEXTCOLOR = 4382
End Enum

Public Const GWL_STYLE As Long = -16
Public Const TVIS_BOLD As Long = 16
Public Const TVIF_STATE As Long = 8
Public Const TVS_HASLINES As Long = 2


Public Function SetTVBackgroundColor(ColorValue As Long, TreeViewControl As TreeView) As Long
On Error GoTo error_SetTVBackgroundColor
Dim lngLineStyle As Long
Dim lngRet As Long

With TreeViewControl
lngRet = SendMessage(.hwnd, TVM_SETBKCOLOR, 0, ByVal ColorValue)
lngLineStyle = GetWindowLong(.hwnd, GWL_STYLE)
If (lngLineStyle And TVS_HASLINES) = True Then
lngRet = SetWindowLong(.hwnd, GWL_STYLE, lngLineStyle Xor tvshaslines)
lngRet = SetWindowLong(.hwnd, GWL_STYLE, lngLineStyle)
End If

SetTVBackgroundColor = 1
End With
Exit Function
error_SetTVBackgroundColor:
SetTVBackgroundColor = 0

End Function

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add this to the form load or wheneever you want to set the BG color

Code:

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SetTVBackgroundColor RGB(0, 200, 255), TreeView1

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change the rgb values to your liking, TreeView1 is the name of the treeview control...

[Edited by denniswrenn on 05-28-2000 at 12:15 PM]

if you use the api, like dennis did (there is a typing error, replace tvshaslines by TVS_HASLINES), you have to change each node's backcolor too (easy one).

good luck

Sascha

oopsie.....
it worked for me...
I have no idea how to use treeview control, and i have never had a need to use it, so I didnt know about changing the nodes too....

paste the following code into a new UserControl and add a TreeView with name 'Tree'. this should do part of the trick.

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Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" _
(ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, _
ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal hParam As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function GetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "GetWindowLongA" _
(ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias "SetWindowLongA" _
(ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long, _
ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long

Public Enum asTreeViewItemMove
asTreeViewRoot = &H0
asTreeViewNext = &H1
asTreeViewPrevious = &H2
asTreeViewParent = &H3
asTreeViewChild = &H4
asTreeViewFirstVisible = &H5
asTreeViewNextVisible = &H6
asTreeViewPreviousVisible = &H7
asTreeViewDropHilite = &H8
asTreeViewCaret = &H9
End Enum

Public Enum asTreeViewItemProps
asTreeViewGetNextItem = 4362
asTreeViewGetItem = 4364
asTreeViewSetItem = 4365
End Enum

Public Enum asTreeViewColorProps
asTreeViewSetBackColor = 4381
asTreeViewSetTextColor = 4382
asTreeViewGetBackColor = 4383
asTreeViewGetTextColor = 4384
End Enum

Public Enum asTreeViewStyleConstants
asTreeViewGwlStyle = -16
asTreeViewIsBold = 16
asTreeViewIfState = 8
asTreeViewHasLines = 2
End Enum

Private mlngBackColor As OLE_COLOR
Private mlngForeColor As OLE_COLOR

Private Sub UserControl_Initialize()

Dim n As Node, i As Integer, j As Integer

With Tree
Set n = .Nodes.Add(, , "\", "MyComputer")
For i = 1 To 10
Set n = .Nodes.Add("\", tvwChild, "\Child" & i, "Child" & i)
For j = 1 To 5
Set n = .Nodes.Add("\Child" & i, tvwChild, "\Child" & i & "\Sub" & j, "SubChild" & j)
Next
Next
End With

ForeColor = vbWhite
BackColor = &H400000

End Sub

Public Property Let BackColor(ByVal Value As OLE_COLOR)

mlngBackColor = Value
SetTreeBackColor

End Property

Public Property Get BackColor() As OLE_COLOR

BackColor = mlngBackColor

End Property

Public Property Let ForeColor(ByVal Value As OLE_COLOR)

Dim n As Node

mlngForeColor = Value

For Each n In Tree.Nodes
n.ForeColor = mlngForeColor
Next

End Property

Public Property Get ForeColor() As OLE_COLOR

ForeColor = mlngForeColor

End Property

Private Sub SetTreeBackColor()

Dim n As Node, lngReturn As Long, lngLineStyle As Long

With Tree
lngReturn = SendMessage(.hWnd, asTreeViewSetBackColor, 0, ByVal mlngBackColor)
lngLineStyle = GetWindowLong(.hWnd, asTreeViewGwlStyle)
If (lngLineStyle And asTreeViewHasLines) = True Then
lngReturn = SetWindowLong(.hWnd, asTreeViewGwlStyle, lngLineStyle Xor asTreeViewHasLines)
lngReturn = SetWindowLong(.hWnd, asTreeViewGwlStyle, lngLineStyle)
End If
End With

For Each n In Tree.Nodes
n.BackColor = mlngBackColor
Next

End Sub

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best regards

Sascha