abmContainerColorSetting function

abmContainerColorSetting function

Remarks

Available only with Professional Version.

Given a container, changes the given surface color settings for all the buttons inside the container itself.

This function is the "Container Level mode" function that matches the "Button Level mode" function abmSetSurfaceColorDesc

Return value

Value	Meaning

-1	The operation failed, probably because the given container doesn't exist.
0	The operation was successful

Syntax

short abmContainerColorSetting (

HWND hWndContainer,

short nElement,

SURFACE_COLOR_DESC *pdescColor

);

Parameters

Description

hWndContainer

Windows handle associated to the buttons container.

nElement

Number representing the element whose color will be changed. Supported values are the following:

Mnemonic constant	Meaning
SURFACE_BACK (0)	Sets the color of the button surface
SURFACE_MO (1)	Sets the color of the button surface when the mouse is over the button To avoid color changing when the mouse is over the button set it to BLACK RGB (0, 0, 0) (default).
SURFACE_FOCUS (2)	Sets the color of the button surface when it has the input focus but the mouse is outside the button. To avoid color changing when the button has the input focus set it to BLACK RGB (0, 0, 0) (default).
SURFACE_INTERIOR (3)	Sets the color of the interior of the button surface when the SpecialEffect property has a non-zero value.
SURFACE_DISABLED (4)	Sets the color of the disabled button surface
SURFACE_PRESSED (5)	Sets the color of the pressed button surface

pdescColor

Address of the the SURFACE_COLOR_DESC structure that contains the new text settings.