set the background color of a themed StatusBar component

How can I set the background color of a themed TStatusBar component? When I set the color property, it only works if the Enabled r开发者_如何学运维untime themes is disabled.

thanks in advance.

Not sure if this is exactly what you require, but you could simply disable the Theme Painting for a specific control, in this case your Statusbar, like so:

Uses
  uxTheme;

SetWindowTheme(StatusBar1.Handle, '', '');

You can write your own OwnerDraw-Event and draw the StatusBar (to be precise: every Panel on it!) with your own colors:

procedure TForm1.StatusBar1DrawPanel(StatusBar: TStatusBar;
  Panel: TStatusPanel; const Rect: TRect);
begin
  with StatusBar.Canvas do begin
    Brush.Color := clRed;
    FillRect(Rect);
    TextOut(Rect.Left, Rect.Top, 'Panel '+IntToStr(Panel.Index));
  end;
end;

But with themes on it is not possible to change the color in the Object-Inspector.