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Description of MUSHclient world function: world.GetSysColor


Name GetSysColor
Type Method
Summary Gets the colour of various windows items
Prototype long GetSysColor(long Index);
Description

This function directly calls GetSysColor in Windows. It returns the colour used by various items as currently configured in Windows, based on the selector (Index), as follows:

Scrollbar = 0
Background = 1
Active caption = 2
Inactive caption = 3
Menu = 4
Window = 5
Window frame = 6
Menu text = 7
Window text = 8
Caption text = 9
Active border = 10
Inactive border = 11
Application workspace = 12
Highlight = 13
Highlight text = 14
Button face = 15
Button shadow = 16
Gray text = 17
Button text = 18
Inactive caption text = 19
Button highlight = 20
3D dark shadow = 21
3D light = 22
Info text = 23
Info bk = 24


Note: Available in version 3.56 onwards.


VBscript example
Note RGBColourToName (GetSysColor (4))  ' --> may print "silver"
Jscript example
Note (RGBColourToName (GetSysColor (4)))
Lua example
Note (RGBColourToName (GetSysColor (4)))  --> silver
Returns The RGB code corresponding to the selected colour index.

If the index is out of range, zero is returned.
Introduced in version 3.56

See also ...

Function Description
GetSystemMetrics Returns selected system information from Windows
RGBColourToName Converts an RGB colour code to its equivalent name

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