Using the code below I can change the screen color.
How can I ascertain the colors as they are before changung them, so I can
change the colors back to what they were upon leaving the application?

Zach.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace Vocab
{
public partial class ScrColor1 : Form
{
const int COLOR_DESKTOP = 1;
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern bool SetSysColors(int cElements, int[]
lpaElements, uint[] lpaRgbValues);
int[] aiElements = {COLOR_DESKTOP};
uint RGB(byte byRed, byte byGreen, byte byBlue)
{
uint res = byBlue;
res = res << 8;
res += byGreen;
res = res << 8;
res += byRed;
return res;
}
public ScrColor1()
{
InitializeComponent();
uint[] aColors = { RGB(100,50,150) };
SetSysColors(1, aiElements, aColors);
}
}
}

Sorry about the wording

How can I ascertain the colors as they were before changing them?
Obviously I will want to do that before I change them.


"Zach" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4df21944$0$30714$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Using the code below I can change the screen color.
> How can I ascertain the colors as they are before changung them, so I can
> change the colors back to what they were upon leaving the application?
>
> Zach.
>
> using System;
> using System.Collections.Generic;
> using System.ComponentModel;
> using System.Data;
> using System.Drawing;
> using System.Text;
> using System.Windows.Forms;
> using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
>
> namespace Vocab
> {
> public partial class ScrColor1 : Form
> {
> const int COLOR_DESKTOP = 1;
> [DllImport("user32.dll")]
> public static extern bool SetSysColors(int cElements, int[]
> lpaElements, uint[] lpaRgbValues);
> int[] aiElements = {COLOR_DESKTOP};
> uint RGB(byte byRed, byte byGreen, byte byBlue)
> {
> uint res = byBlue;
> res = res << 8;
> res += byGreen;
> res = res << 8;
> res += byRed;
> return res;
> }
> public ScrColor1()
> {
> InitializeComponent();
> uint[] aColors = { RGB(100,50,150) };
> SetSysColors(1, aiElements, aColors);
> }
> }
> }

On 10/06/2011 in message <4df21944$0$30714$(E-Mail Removed)> Zach
wrote:

>How can I ascertain the colors as they are before changung them, so I can
>change the colors back to what they were upon leaving the application?

If your application changed my desktop colours it would fly out the window
fast enough to cause a sonic boom.

--
Jeff Gaines Wiltshire UK
You can't tell which way the train went by looking at the tracks

"Jeff Gaines" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On 10/06/2011 in message <4df21944$0$30714$(E-Mail Removed)> Zach
> wrote:
>
>>How can I ascertain the colors as they are before changung them, so I can
>>change the colors back to what they were upon leaving the application?
>
> If your application changed my desktop colours it would fly out the window
> fast enough to cause a sonic boom.
>
> --
> Jeff Gaines Wiltshire UK
> You can't tell which way the train went by looking at the tracks

There was a guy who jumped off the Eifel tower in Paris because he thought
he could fly: family?

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:16:48 +0200, Zach wrote:

> Using the code below I can change the screen color. How can I ascertain
> the colors as they are before changung them, so I can change the colors
> back to what they were upon leaving the application?

This seems too obvious so maybe I'm missing something, but have you tried
GetSysColor() with the COLOR_DESKTOP parameter?

--
Lee J. Moore
Cheshire, UK

"He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know." - Lao Tzu

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:25:06 +0000, Lee J. Moore wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:16:48 +0200, Zach wrote:
>
>> Using the code below I can change the screen color. How can I ascertain
>> the colors as they are before changung them, so I can change the colors
>> back to what they were upon leaving the application?
>
> This seems too obvious so maybe I'm missing something, but have you
> tried GetSysColor() with the COLOR_DESKTOP parameter?

Further to this, there's an example of how to do it in the MSDN library:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...(v=vs.85).aspx

--
Lee J. Moore
Cheshire, UK

"He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know." - Lao Tzu

"Zach" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4df21944$0$30714$(E-Mail Removed)...

> SetSysColors(1, aiElements, aColors);

Honestly, since the setter is called SETSysColors did you never think to
look for GETSysColors or something similar? (In fact, the function you want
is explicitly mentioned in the help for SetSysColors.)

And really, WHY do you think you need to change colors? (I'm sure 99.9999%
of the folks in here believe you really only THINK you need to change them.)
It's one of the rudest things you can do to your user. I realize that you
are at least showing the decency to want to return them to their previous
state when you're done, but we've seen questions like this for years and
years and I personally have yet to see anyone present a good excuse for
doing this.

"Lee J. Moore" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:ist9k2$5i2$(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:25:06 +0000, Lee J. Moore wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:16:48 +0200, Zach wrote:
>>
>>> Using the code below I can change the screen color. How can I ascertain
>>> the colors as they are before changung them, so I can change the colors
>>> back to what they were upon leaving the application?
>>
>> This seems too obvious so maybe I'm missing something, but have you
>> tried GetSysColor() with the COLOR_DESKTOP parameter?
>
> Further to this, there's an example of how to do it in the MSDN library:
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...(v=vs.85).aspx
>
> --
> Lee J. Moore
> Cheshire, UK
>
> "He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know." - Lao Tzu

Thank you very much!

Zach.

"Jeff Johnson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:ist9k3$7h1$(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Zach" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:4df21944$0$30714$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>> SetSysColors(1, aiElements, aColors);
>
> Honestly, since the setter is called SETSysColors did you never think to
> look for GETSysColors or something similar? (In fact, the function you
> want is explicitly mentioned in the help for SetSysColors.)
>
> And really, WHY do you think you need to change colors? (I'm sure 99.9999%
> of the folks in here believe you really only THINK you need to change
> them.) It's one of the rudest things you can do to your user. I realize
> that you are at least showing the decency to want to return them to their
> previous state when you're done, but we've seen questions like this for
> years and years and I personally have yet to see anyone present a good
> excuse for doing this.


Dear Mr. Jeff Johnson,
Colors change perceptually, depending on the adjacent colors,
or put differently, a given color might look beautiful against a
certain background color, but change the background color
and it might look awful. Therefore there might be good cause
to do something about the background color. And as to your
value judgmets, you can do with them what a monkey does
with its nuts.

Zach.

"Peter Duniho" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On 6/10/11 7:05 AM, Zach wrote:
>> [...]
>>> If your application changed my desktop colours it would fly out the
>>> window fast enough to cause a sonic boom.
>>
>> There was a guy who jumped off the Eifel tower in Paris because he
>> thought he could fly: family?
>
> I think you missed the point. It's not Jeff who would fly. It's YOUR
> program that would. And with good cause.
>
> And frankly, no one ought to be messing around with the API, managed or
> unmanaged (as in your case) without actually reading the documentation.
> And the documentation for SetSysColors() includes exactly the information
> you are looking for.
>
> If you _must_ muck with the user's global settings, at least read the docs
> first.
>
> Pete
Pete, I know you to be a nice person, this makes me sad.
Zach.