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  1. May 24th, 2000, 03:45 AM #1
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    Does anybody out there know how to change the background of the check portion of a checkbox (not the caption portion, which can easily be done with the BackColor property)? I suspect that this must be done with the API. Thanks.
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  2. May 24th, 2000, 03:53 AM #2
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    I wouldn't be surprised if this doesn't work, especially if there's no childwnd in the checkbox. if there is you could use
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    Declare Function SetBkColor Lib "gdi32" Alias "SetBkColor" (ByVal hdc As Long, ByVal crColor As Long) As Long
    on it. I'll have a look on it later
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    I appreciate your speedy reply, kedaman, but unfortunately, your hunch was right, and the function did not work (unless I did something wrong). I put a checkbox and a command button on a form. I did a Private Declare with the API function you recommended, then in the Command1_Click event, I put:

    Dim L as Long
    L = SetBkColor(Check1.hWnd, vbButtonFace)

    When I ran it and clicked the button, nothing happened.

    If you come up with anything further, I'd be very grateful. Thanks again.
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  4. May 24th, 2000, 03:11 PM #4
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    ACtually it's the childwnd, which background should be changed, but there's no childwnd, so i can't help you furher, you could probably make your own active-X, a checkbox should be the easiest thing to do.
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