SB_SETBKCOLOR

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

This message sets the background color in a status bar.

To send this message, call the SendMessage function as follows.

Syntax

lResult = SendMessage(     // returns LRESULT in lResult   
  (HWND) hWndControl,      // handle to destination control   
  (UINT) SB_SETBKCOLOR,    // message ID   
  (WPARAM) wParam,         // = 0; not used, must be zero  
  (LPARAM) lParam          // = (LPARAM) (COLORREF) clrBk;
);   

Parameters

• wParam
  Must be zero.

• clrBk
  COLORREF value that specifies the new background color. Specify the CLR_DEFAULT value to cause the status bar to use its default background color.

Return Value

Returns the previous background color, or CLR_DEFAULT if the background color is the default color.

Requirements

Header	commctrl.h
Windows Embedded CE	Windows CE 1.0 and later
Windows Mobile	Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also

Reference

Status Bars Messages
Status Bars Reference