Change the background color of a StatusBar [RESOLVED]

[Genie]

The C# status bar does not have a BackgroundColor property or anything similar.

How can I go about changing it's colour?

My forms are all light blue but the dastardly status bar is still grey!

Maybe an API call?

[Tewl]

Use the SendMessage API

[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern void SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, int msg, int wParam, int lParam); 

SendMessage sBar.hwnd, SB_SETBKCOLOR, 0, NewBgColor

I'm not sure the value of SB_SETBKCOLOR you will have to look it up

[Genie]

Thanks you very much Tewl.

For others who also need to know how to change the colour of the status bar:

Add reference:
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

the value for SB_SETBKCOLOR:

int CCM_FIRST = 0x2000;
SB_SETBKCOLOR = (CCM_FIRST + 1);

[Reshmi]

hi,
thanks for the code. But I have a problem. In design view it works correct. but when I am running the application, its not working.

my status bar is inside a user control. Can anybody help me ??

Regards,
Reshmi

[Harsh Gupta]

hi,
thanks for the code. But I have a problem. In design view it works correct. but when I am running the application, its not working.

my status bar is inside a user control. Can anybody help me ??

Regards,
Reshmi

Within the Usercontrol, make the access specifier of Statusbar Public, then use the SendMessage API like

SendMessage UserControlName.ProgressBarName.Handle, SB_SETBKCOLOR, 0, NewBgColor

[Handle] is in C# as [Hwnd] is in VB.

EDIT: Oh, I forgot to add, this is an old thread, so if you have similar question/s, make a seperate/your own thread because it's unlikely that people will open a *RESOLVED* thread.