Thread: How to change the color of Buttons and edit controls

  1. 08-26-2006 #1
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    How to change the color of Buttons and edit controls

    I want to know the procedure for changing the color and font for the Buttons and edit controls in windows programming. the default font is big. i am using dev-c++ 4.9 compiler...
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    Unfortunately, the WM_CTLCOLORBTN doesn't work for push buttons but the WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC can be used for checkboxes.

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