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Re: Please check the list of 2019.1 changes [message #51156 is a reply to message #51155] Tue, 12 February 2019 12:44 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Tom1
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Registered: March 2007
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Hi,

I composed some code to pick up the Windows 10 light/dark theme and accent/colorization colors:

bool IsSystemThemeDark(){
#ifdef WIN32
    HKEY	SWKey;
    HKEY	MSKey;
    HKEY	WINKey;
    HKEY	CVKey;
    HKEY	ThemesKey;
    HKEY	PersonalizeKey;
    
    LONG	Status;
	bool	darkTheme=false;

    Status = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CURRENT_USER,TEXT("Software"),0,KEY_READ,&SWKey);
    if(Status == ERROR_SUCCESS){
		Status = RegOpenKeyEx(SWKey,TEXT("Microsoft"),0,KEY_READ,&MSKey);
	    if(Status == ERROR_SUCCESS){
			Status = RegOpenKeyEx(MSKey,TEXT("Windows"),0,KEY_READ,&WINKey);
			if(Status == ERROR_SUCCESS){
				Status = RegOpenKeyEx(WINKey,TEXT("CurrentVersion"),0,KEY_READ,&CVKey);
				if(Status == ERROR_SUCCESS){
					Status = RegOpenKeyEx(CVKey,TEXT("Themes"),0,KEY_READ,&ThemesKey);
					if(Status == ERROR_SUCCESS){
						Status = RegOpenKeyEx(ThemesKey,TEXT("Personalize"),0,KEY_READ,&PersonalizeKey);
						if(Status == ERROR_SUCCESS){
						    DWORD RegType;
						    DWORD BufferSize=16;
						    char pStr[16];
							
					        Status=RegQueryValueEx(PersonalizeKey,TEXT("AppsUseLightTheme"),NULL,&RegType,(LPBYTE)pStr,&BufferSize);
					        if(Status == ERROR_SUCCESS) if((*(DWORD*)pStr)==0) darkTheme=true;
					        RegCloseKey(PersonalizeKey);
						}
						RegCloseKey(ThemesKey);
					}
					RegCloseKey(CVKey);
				}
				RegCloseKey(WINKey);
			}
			RegCloseKey(MSKey);
	    }
	    RegCloseKey(SWKey);
    }
    if(Status == ERROR_SUCCESS) return darkTheme;
#endif

	// Generic solution for GTK and older Windows
    Color paper=SColorPaper();

    if(paper.GetR()<128 && paper.GetG()<128 && paper.GetB()<128) return true; // Dark background
    return false;
}

RGBA GetSystemColorizationColor(){
	RGBA	color=Gray(); // Default
	
#ifdef WIN32
    HKEY	SWKey;
    HKEY	MSKey;
    HKEY	WINKey;
    HKEY	DWMKey;
    
    LONG	Status;
	
	// "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM"

    Status = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CURRENT_USER,TEXT("Software"),0,KEY_READ,&SWKey);
    if(Status == ERROR_SUCCESS){
		Status = RegOpenKeyEx(SWKey,TEXT("Microsoft"),0,KEY_READ,&MSKey);
	    if(Status == ERROR_SUCCESS){
			Status = RegOpenKeyEx(MSKey,TEXT("Windows"),0,KEY_READ,&WINKey);
			if(Status == ERROR_SUCCESS){
				Status = RegOpenKeyEx(WINKey,TEXT("DWM"),0,KEY_READ,&DWMKey);
				if(Status == ERROR_SUCCESS){
				    DWORD RegType;
				    DWORD BufferSize=16;
				    char pStr[16];
					
			        Status=RegQueryValueEx(DWMKey,TEXT("ColorizationColor"),NULL,&RegType,(LPBYTE)pStr,&BufferSize);
			        
			        if(Status == ERROR_SUCCESS) color=(*(RGBA*)pStr);
			        
					RegCloseKey(DWMKey);
				}
				RegCloseKey(WINKey);
			}
			RegCloseKey(MSKey);
	    }
	    RegCloseKey(SWKey);
    }
    if(Status == ERROR_SUCCESS) return color; // Success
    
#endif
	// TODO solve other sources
	
	return color; // Default
}

RGBA GetSystemAccentColor(){
	RGBA	color=Gray(); // Default
	
#ifdef WIN32
    HKEY	SWKey;
    HKEY	MSKey;
    HKEY	WINKey;
    HKEY	DWMKey;
    
    LONG	Status;
	
	// "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM"

    Status = RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CURRENT_USER,TEXT("Software"),0,KEY_READ,&SWKey);
    if(Status == ERROR_SUCCESS){
		Status = RegOpenKeyEx(SWKey,TEXT("Microsoft"),0,KEY_READ,&MSKey);
	    if(Status == ERROR_SUCCESS){
			Status = RegOpenKeyEx(MSKey,TEXT("Windows"),0,KEY_READ,&WINKey);
			if(Status == ERROR_SUCCESS){
				Status = RegOpenKeyEx(WINKey,TEXT("DWM"),0,KEY_READ,&DWMKey);
				if(Status == ERROR_SUCCESS){
				    DWORD RegType;
				    DWORD BufferSize=16;
				    char pStr[16];
					
			        Status=RegQueryValueEx(DWMKey,TEXT("AccentColor"),NULL,&RegType,(LPBYTE)pStr,&BufferSize);
			        
			        if(Status == ERROR_SUCCESS) color=(*(RGBA*)pStr);
			        
					RegCloseKey(DWMKey);
				}
				RegCloseKey(WINKey);
			}
			RegCloseKey(MSKey);
	    }
	    RegCloseKey(SWKey);
    }
    if(Status == ERROR_SUCCESS) return color; // Success
    
#endif
	// TODO solve other sources
	
	return color; // Default
}


At least this works on relatively current Windows 10, but I do not know how to make U++ tune its colors along these colors, so I'll just drop this here.

Best regards,

Tom

[Updated on: Tue, 12 February 2019 12:45]

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