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4/8/2010

This message sets the background color in a status bar.

To send this message, call the SendMessagefunction 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

COLORREFvalue 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

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