MUIGetParentBackgroundColor

MUIGetParentBackgroundColor, hWin:MUIWND

Gets a parent window background color. This function is useful for certain controls to retrieve the parent’s background color and then to set their own background color based on the same value.

Parameters

• [in] hWin - handle to the window to get the parent color for

Return

Returns COLORREF or -1 if a null brush is set for the window

Example

LOCAL BackColor:COLORREF

Invoke MUIGetParentBackgroundColor, hWin
.IF eax != -1
   mov BackColor, eax
   ; Set controls own background based on parent's color
       Invoke MUISetExtProperty, hWin, @MyControlBackColor, BackColor
.ELSE
   ; Set default color if we couldn't get parents background color
   Invoke MUISetExtProperty, hWin, @MyControlBackColor, MUI_RGBCOLOR(240,240,240)
.ENDIF

See Also

:ref:MUIGetParentBackgroundBitmap`<MUIGetParentBackgroundBitmap>`, MUI_RGBCOLOR