Thanks but this gives me a blue, I already tried with this function. In Windows XP by default is a green color, but if you change the theme, it also changes the the progressbar color.

Luis


>>HI, is there anyway to obtain the default color for a progressbar. In windows XP default is green, but if I change the themes it also changes the backcolor of progressbar, I want to be abble to detect this.
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>>Thanks
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>>Luis
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>Hi Luis,
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>I'm not exactly sure about this, but I think the progressbar color is the same color with menu highlight. So try this:
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>Declare Long GetSysColor in User32 Integer nColorIndex
>?GetSysColor( 13 )
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>HTH