Changing color of CProgressBarCtrl in MFC C++

[Beginner_MFC]

I have used following code for coloring the CProgressBarCtrl:

COLORREF clrBar = RGB(0, 0, 0); // the bar color
progressBarCtrl.SendMessage(PBM_SETBARCOLOR, 0, (LPARAM) clrBar);

But this is not working,instead i am getting windows dark blue color on CProgressBarCtrl

[mesajflaviu]

Perhaps must be activated the application theme ... your app is UNICODE ? Take a look inside stdafx.h and see if this code is active:

#if defined _M_IX86
#pragma comment(linker,"/manifestdependency:\"type='win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' processorArchitecture='x86' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\"")
#elif defined _M_X64
#pragma comment(linker,"/manifestdependency:\"type='win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' processorArchitecture='amd64' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\"")
#else
#pragma comment(linker,"/manifestdependency:\"type='win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' processorArchitecture='*' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\"")
#endif

[Arjay]

Since you are using MFC, why not use the MFC CProgressBarCtrl methods instead of using the non-MFC ::SendMessage?

[Beginner_MFC]

I checked stdafx.h ,code you wrote above is not there

[mesajflaviu]

Made a MFC test project (SDI or MDI) with VS wizard and you'll see what I am talking about (take a look inside stdafx.h as I said in previous post).

[Marc G]

As Arjay said, you can directly use methods on the CProgressBarCtrl. See MSDN: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp...s?view=vs-2019