Title Bar Color

[naveenl]

Can any one tell me how to change the title bar color??????????

[golanshahar]

if you want to change the title bar of all the windows in the system you should use the ::SetSysColors(..) api with COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION parameter and the desired color
here is the link
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...tsyscolors.asp

if you want to change color caption only for your window then you have to intercept the WM_NCPAINT and in there paint the title bar yourself..

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[Roger Allen]

This article http://www.codeproject.com/gdi/customcaption.asp

shows how to change colours / caption styles although it may be slightly outdated for XP

[naveenl]

I tried with COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION option. it is not working. please give me some more details

[golanshahar]

its sure working mate

COLORREF NewColor = RGB(255, 0, 0);  
int  flag = COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION; 
::SetSysColors(1, &flag, &NewColor);

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[naveenl]

Now it is working. thanks for golanshahar and all the replies.