SetForeColor method


Available for all objects except Image, HScroll, VScroll, ToolBar, StatusBar ProgressBar, Slider, TabStrip, UpDown, Animate, IpAddress, ImageCombo, Calendar, DateTime and HotKey.

Prototype

SetForeColor Proto hWnd:HWND, crForeColor:COLORREF

Syntax

Invoke SetForeColor, hWnd, crForeColor

Function

Sets the ForeColor property for an object.

Parameters

hWnd

Handle to the object.

crForeColor

A COLORREF value specifying the new fore color for the object.

Return value

Eax/Rax returns TRUE if successful, or FALSE if not.


REMARKS
: The most significant byte of crForeColor specifies whether the color is an RGB value (00H) or a system color (80H), while the other three bytes are the corresponding RGB values. For example, a value 00FF0000H means blue, 0000FF00H means green and 000000FFH means red, while 80000005H means the system color number 5 (COLOR_WINDOW).