Thread: font & font color in edit control

Add the following to your window procedure:

Code:

case WM_CREATE: 
  {
  hbr=CreateSolidBrush(RGB(0,255,0)); /*green */
  return 0;
  }
case WM_CTLCOLOEDIT: /*WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC for read only edit */
  {
  HDC hdc=(HDC)wParam;
  SetTextColor(hdc,RGB(255,0,0)); /*red text*/
  return (LRESULT)hbr; /*this brush used by system to paint control background */
  }
case WM_DESTROY:
  {
  if (hbr)
    {
    DeleteObject(hbr); /*free gdi resources*/
    }
  }

This gets asked a lot so a board search should give further explanation/examples should you require them.

Dont' forget msdn:
WM_CTLCOLOREDIT.
edit controls.

edit: use SetBkColor or SetBkMode if you want the text background to match the control background.