by Shahab Ahmed Farooqui (1 Submission)
Category: Windows API Call/Explanation
Compatability: VB 6.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Mon 16th September 2002
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
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Change the form Look! Your Application will show a beautifull look. Simply add the following code on the Module and call ChangeForm function
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Private Declare Function GetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias _
"GetWindowLongA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SetWindowLong Lib "user32" Alias _
"SetWindowLongA" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal nIndex As Long, _
ByVal dwNewLong As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function SetWindowPos Lib "user32" (ByVal hWnd As Long, _
ByVal hWndInsertAfter As Long, ByVal x As Long, ByVal y As Long, _
ByVal CX As Long, ByVal CY As Long, ByVal wFlags As Long) As Long
Private Const GWL_EXSTYLE = (-20)
Private Const WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE = &H200
Private Const WS_EX_STATICEDGE = &H20000
Private Const SWP_FRAMECHANGED = &H20
Private Const SWP_NOMOVE = &H2
Private Const SWP_NOOWNERZORDER = &H200
Private Const SWP_NOSIZE = &H1
Private Const SWP_NOZORDER = &H4
Public Function AddOfficeBorder(ByVal hWnd As Long)
Dim lngRetVal As Long
'Retrieve the current border style
lngRetVal = GetWindowLong(hWnd, GWL_EXSTYLE)
'Calculate border style to use
lngRetVal = lngRetVal Or WS_EX_STATICEDGE And Not WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE
'Apply the changes
SetWindowLong hWnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, lngRetVal
SetWindowPos hWnd, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOMOVE Or SWP_NOSIZE Or _
SWP_NOOWNERZORDER Or SWP_NOZORDER Or SWP_FRAMECHANGED
End Function
Public Sub changeForm(ByRef frmChng As Object)
On Error GoTo EH
Dim objCtrl As Control
frmChng.Appearance = 0
AddOfficeBorder (frmChng.hWnd)
frmChng.BackColor = &H80000016
For Each objCtrl In frmChng.Controls
If Not TypeOf objCtrl Is Label Then
objCtrl.Appearance = 0
If TypeOf objCtrl Is TextBox Or _
TypeOf objCtrl Is CommandButton Or _
TypeOf objCtrl Is ComboBox Or _
TypeOf objCtrl Is Frame Or _
TypeOf objCtrl Is MSHFlexGrid Or _
TypeOf objCtrl Is DTPicker Then
AddOfficeBorder (objCtrl.hWnd)
End If
If TypeOf objCtrl Is TextBox Or _
TypeOf objCtrl Is CommandButton Or _
TypeOf objCtrl Is ComboBox Or _
TypeOf objCtrl Is CheckBox Or _
TypeOf objCtrl Is OptionButton Then
objCtrl.BackColor = &H80000016
objCtrl.BorderStyle = 0
End If
If TypeOf objCtrl Is CheckBox Or _
TypeOf objCtrl Is OptionButton Then
objCtrl.BackColor = &H8000000F
End If
If TypeOf objCtrl Is Frame Then
objCtrl.BackColor = &H8000000F
End If
End If
Next
EH:
If Err.Number = 438 Then
Resume Next
End If
End Sub
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