Hi everyone... old VBforums user here, fairly advanced I would say. Last time I connected here was some 8 years ago.

I am here to get advice on a long list of overdue issues in order to make my programs look and perform better. And for those who may have had the question on their mind, all VB6 programs work totally fine on Windows 10 Technical Preview. All GDI, even the 16 legacy calls, all GDI+, everything. Win 10 s****s, but that's another matter ;

So first things first, and one topic at a time.

I am using InitCommonControls along with a manifest file to get themed look. It's all working very well except for one thing. The background color all around the button remains the standard greyish VB6 form background color. It's does not look all that bad on the standardized light bluish background color I use for my programs, but in some areas, like when I put my command buttons in a picture container whose background is darker, they don't look as good. I tried hardsetting the backcolor before compile, but no avail.

Is there an API call I can use to change the backcolor of themed command buttons?