Thread: WinAPI: Editbox + WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC sets bigger border?

Hi

I have a little problem with my program.
I am creating an EDIT-box with this line:

Code:

HWND hA = CreateWindowEx(0, "EDIT", "", WS_CHILD|WS_TABSTOP|WS_VISIBLE|WS_BORDER, 5, 22, 165, 20, hwnd, (HMENU)IDC_US, GetModuleHandle(NULL), NULL);

After the user presses “ok” I send:

Code:

SendMessage(hA, EM_SETREADONLY, (WPARAM) TRUE, 0);

to make the box “readonly”.

Then the box color chance to gray, but I want it to be white.
To do so I use this in my WindowProcedure:

Code:

case WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC: {
         switch(GetDlgCtrlID((HWND) lParam)) {
                  case IDC_US:
                           #define WHITE 0x0FFFFFFF
                           CreateSolidBrush(WHITE);
                           break;
                  default: return DefWindowProc (hwnd, message, wParam, lParam);
         }
}

It works fine, but the problem is that the border around the box goes bigger?
Why? Can I block or chance it?

____Pic: LINK

Sorry for my bad eng =)

EDIT:
I think I have found a way to do it now, de first time I did it wrong ^^
I hope someone can confirm that I am doing it right now:

I set this to be global:

Code:

HBRUSH g_hbrBackground = CreateSolidBrush(RGB(255,255,255));

My case lock like this:

Code:

case WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC: {
     switch(GetDlgCtrlID((HWND) lParam)) {
          case IDC_US: {
               HDC hdcStatic = (HDC)wParam;
               SetTextColor(hdcStatic, RGB(0, 0, 0));
               SetBkMode(hdcStatic, TRANSPARENT);
               return (LONG)g_hbrBackground;
               break;
          }
     default: return DefWindowProc (hwnd, message, wParam, lParam);
     }
}

And on destroy:

Code:

DeleteObject(g_hbrBackground);

Moving to Windows forum.