Change the color of the menu bar,tool bar,status bar?

hi,i have a quick question:
how can i change the color of the menu bar,status bar,tool bar
to a custom color?

another question: how can i control the close button in the
control box (top right) ?

thnx anyway

Well for menu color, you can accompish it by using APIs. Try this:

VB Code:

Option Explicit
 
Private Enum MENUINFO_STYLES
    MNS_NOCHECK = &H80000000
    MNS_MODELESS = &H40000000
    MNS_DRAGDROP = &H20000000
    MNS_AUTODISMISS = &H10000000
    MNS_NOTIFYBYPOS = &H8000000
    MNS_CHECKORBMP = &H4000000
End Enum
 
Private Enum MENUINFO_MASKS
    MIM_MAXHEIGHT = &H1
    MIM_BACKGROUND = &H2
    MIM_HELPID = &H4
    MIM_MENUDATA = &H8
    MIM_STYLE = &H10
    MIM_APPLYTOSUBMENUS = &H80000000
End Enum
 
Private Type MENUINFO
    cbSize As Long
    fMask As MENUINFO_MASKS
    dwStyle As MENUINFO_STYLES
    cyMax As Long
    hbrBack As Long
    dwContextHelpID As Long
    dwMenuData As Long
End Type
 
Private Declare Function GetMenuInfo Lib "user32" (ByVal hMenu As Long, mi As MENUINFO) As Long
Private Declare Function SetMenuInfo Lib "user32" (ByVal hMenu As Long, mi As MENUINFO) As Long
Private Declare Function GetMenu Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function CreateSolidBrush Lib "gdi32" (ByVal crColor As Long) As Long
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
    
    Dim MyMenu As MENUINFO
    
    MyMenu.cbSize = Len(MyMenu)
    MyMenu.fMask = MIM_BACKGROUND Or MIM_APPLYTOSUBMENUS
    MyMenu.hbrBack = CreateSolidBrush(vbWhite)
    SetMenuInfo GetMenu(Me.hwnd), MyMenu
    
End Sub

You can also do this to set the menu color:

add this to a module

VB Code:

Private Declare Function GetMenuInfo Lib "user32" _
                                        (ByVal hMenu As Long, _
                                        mi As MENUINFO) As Long
                                        
Private Declare Function SetMenuInfo Lib "user32" _
                                        (ByVal hMenu As Long, _
                                        mi As MENUINFO) As Long
                                        
Private Declare Function GetMenu Lib "user32" _
                                        (ByVal hwnd As Long) As Long
                                        
Private Declare Function CreateSolidBrush Lib "gdi32" _
                                        (ByVal crColor As Long) As Long
 
    Private Type MENUINFO
        cbSize As Long
        fMask As MENUINFO_MASKS
        dwStyle As Long
        cyMax As Long
        hbrBack As Long
        dwContextHelpID As Long
        dwMenuData As Long
    End Type
    
    Private Enum MENUINFO_MASKS
        MIM_MAXHEIGHT = &H1
        MIM_BACKGROUND = &H2
        MIM_HELPID = &H4
        MIM_MENUDATA = &H8
        MIM_STYLE = &H10
        MIM_APPLYTOSUBMENUS = &H80000000
    End Enum
 
Public Sub SetMenuColor(frm As Form, _
                        ByVal MenuColor As Long, _
                        Optional ByVal ApplyToSubMenus As Boolean = True)
                    
    Dim vMenuInfo As MENUINFO
    Dim vMenuInfoMask As Long
   
    If ApplyToSubMenus Then
        vMenuInfoMask = MIM_BACKGROUND Or MIM_APPLYTOSUBMENUS
    Else
        vMenuInfoMask = MIM_BACKGROUND
    End If
    
    With vMenuInfo
        .cbSize = Len(vMenuInfo)
        .fMask = vMenuInfoMask
        .hbrBack = CreateSolidBrush(MenuColor)
        SetMenuInfo GetMenu(frm.hwnd), vMenuInfo
    End With
End Sub

Then create a form with a menu and either in the form_load event or in a button or whatever put

VB Code:

SetMenuColor Me, RGB(123, 123, 123)

RGB= the red green and blue.. values from 0 to 255 which gives you about any color there is.



As far as the close button goes; if by "Control it" you mean you want to disable it, use the following code:

VB Code:

Option Explicit
Private Declare Function GetSystemMenu Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal bRevert As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function DeleteMenu Lib "user32" (ByVal hMenu As Long, ByVal nPosition As Long, ByVal wFlags As Long) As Long
Private Const MF_BYPOSITION = &H400&
Private Const MF_BYCOMMAND = &H0&
Private Const SC_CLOSE = &HF060&
 
Private Sub Form_Load() 'or whatever
    Dim systemmenu As Long
    systemmenu = GetSystemMenu(Form1.hwnd, False)
    DeleteMenu systemmenu, SC_CLOSE, MF_BYCOMMAND
End Sub

I use the same code as the first example, but so far to date, I
cannot paint the main menu when the item is clicked upon.

Ex. 'Option' will still be gray but the submenus are colored.
When I click an item to close the menu, the main menu bar is colored again.

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~rober...rmlessForm.jpg

I subclassed the form at the 'WM_INITMENUPOPUP' message
and tried to repaint the menu using the menuinfo type so the
menu will always be vbWhite whether its clicked on or not,
but it didn't work.

Any suggestions

If you want to perform code when X is pressed you need to do sth like this:

VB Code:

Private Sub Form_QueryUnload(Cancel As Integer, UnloadMode As Integer)
 
    
    Select Case UnloadMode
    
    Case vbFormControlMenu
     ' this is your X Button      
    
    Case vbFormCode
    ' your form gets closed by any other code IE an Button
    Case vbAppTaskManager
     ' your app gets closed by the Task manager   
    .
    .
    .
 
    End Select
               
End Sub

Hope I could help,

Stephan

To disable the 'x'...

Code:

---

Option Explicit

Private Const MF_BYPOSITION = &H400&

Private Declare Function RemoveMenu Lib "user32" (ByVal hMenu As Long, ByVal nPosition As Long, ByVal wFlags As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetSystemMenu Lib "user32" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal bRevert As Long) As Long

Private Sub Form_Load()
    RemoveMenu GetSystemMenu(hwnd, 0), 6, MF_BYPOSITION
End Sub

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Quote:

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Originally posted by Sgt-Peppa
If you want to perform code when X is pressed you need to do sth like this:

VB Code:

Private Sub Form_QueryUnload(Cancel As Integer, UnloadMode As Integer)
 
    
    Select Case UnloadMode
    
    Case vbFormControlMenu
     ' this is your X Button      
    
    Case vbFormCode
    ' your form gets closed by any other code IE an Button
    Case vbAppTaskManager
     ' your app gets closed by the Task manager   
    .
    .
    .
 
    End Select
               
End Sub

Hope I could help,

Stephan

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i tried that with the following code and it didnt work :o

VB Code:

Private Sub Form_QueryUnload(Cancel As Integer, UnloadMode As Integer)
    Select Case UnloadMode
        Case vbFormControlMenu
            frmSStatus.Hide
            stSMain.InTray = True
            Exit Sub
        Case vbAppTaskManager
            frmSStatus.Hide
            stSMain.InTray = True
            Exit Sub
        Case vbFormCode
            frmSStatus.Hide
            stSMain.InTray = True
            Exit Sub
    End Select
End Sub

(stSMain is the system tray icon control)

is frmSStatus.Hide the form from where you press the X button?

If so don`t think you can hide a form which gets Unloaded!

Try this simple example I included:

Hope I could help,


Stephan