Combobox color

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

I would find a way to assign a color to a combobox. The following sample only colors the boundaries of the combobox and its popup list:

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#include "Fivewin.ch"


FUNCTION MAIN()

    LOCAL oDlg

    LOCAL oCbx, cItem := ""

    DEFINE DIALOG oDlg;
           SIZE 800, 600

    @ 1, 1 COMBOBOX oCbx VAR cItem;
           SIZE 300, NIL;
           ITEMS { "", "This is a test" };
           COLOR CLR_WHITE, CLR_HRED

    ACTIVATE DIALOG oDlg;
             CENTER

    RETURN NIL

Thank you in advance.

EMG

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Any suggestions?

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[Eoeo]

here run ok





How it should be?

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

I forgot to mention that the problem shows up only when the manifest file is linked in. In such situation the combobox is not colored at all (except the dropdown part).

EMG

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Any ideas? I need to color the combobox. It was possible under XP but not under Vista and newer Windows releases.

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[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Bump

[Silvio.Falconi]

Any solution ?

[Antonio Linares]

Enrico,

If you are using themes then you are telling Windows to control the painting.

If you want to control the painting, try to create the combobox from the ON INIT clause of the dialog.

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Enrico,

If you are using themes then you are telling Windows to control the painting.

Yes, but why I can change textbox color, even with themes?

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[Antonio Linares]

Enrico,

Because Windows controls that painting and does not allows it. And you have authorized Windows to do it, telling it to use themes

When you create a control from the ON INIT clause of ACTIVATE DIALOG, usually themes are not used (or they are not so restrictives).

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Antonio,

Enrico,

Because Windows controls that painting and does not allows it. And you have authorized Windows to do it, telling it to use themes

Yes, I know. But my question was, why I can change textbox colors and cannot change combobox ones?

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[Antonio Linares]

Enrico,

Because the themes change combobxes but on GETs only change the borders.

Windows themes change the appareance of the combos entirely, but not on the GETs.

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Antonio,

Enrico,

Because the themes change combobxes but on GETs only change the borders.

Windows themes change the appareance of the combos entirely, but not on the GETs.

Understood...

EMG