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**GetStartColor( **//MenuPart //**), LONG**

| //MenuPart// | A BYTE value representing a specific area of the menu. There are a series of internal equates available to easily identify these elements: |

| MenuBrushes:NormalBkgnd | EQUATE(1) !Normal Background |
| MenuBrushes:SelectedBkgnd | EQUATE(2) !Selected Background |
| MenuBrushes:HotBkgnd | EQUATE(3) !Hot Background |
| MenuBrushes:ImageBkgnd | EQUATE(4) !Image Background |
| MenuBrushes:NormalBarBkgnd | EQUATE(5) !Normal Select Bar Background |
| MenuBrushes:SelectedBarBkgnd | EQUATE(6) !Selected Bar Background |
| MenuBrushes:GrayBrush | EQUATE(7) !Gray Brush |
| MenuBrushes:FrameBrush | EQUATE(8) !Frame Brush |

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The **GetStartColor** method is used to retrieve the starting color of any //MenuPart//. The starting color represents the initial color of any menu gradient, and is represented by a LONG integer.

**Implementation:**

This method is used by the **SetVerticalGradient** method to determine the starting color of the specific vertical gradient to apply.

**Return Data Type:**     LONG

**See Also:     [[setverticalgradient set vertical color gradient .htm|SetVerticalGradient ( set vertical color gradient)]]**