Thread: WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC and a HBRUSH

hi, im using a hbrush with ctlcolorstatic.
the problem is that the color is not working right, here is the code.

Code:

		case WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC:		
			SetBkColor((HDC)wParam , hBrush);
			SetTextColor((HDC)wParam ,RGB(255,255,255));
		
			return ((LRESULT)hBrush);

the background color of it seems to be changing right but the background color of the text is allways black.
im getting 2 warnings and they are

Code:

'unsigned long ' differs in levels of indirection from 'struct HBRUSH__ *'
'SetBkColor' : different types for formal and actual parameter 2

im getting them for the SetBkColor line..im not to sure what they mean either.

if some one could help me out with this problem it would be much appriciated.
thanks

Take a closer look at the type required for the second parameter of SetBkColor.

ok so to me it seems you cant use a hBrush with SetBkColor.
is there any other way that this could be done with?

Originally Posted by msdn

COLORREF SetBkColor(
HDC hdc, // handle to DC
COLORREF crColor // background color value
);

'unsigned long ' differs in levels of indirection from 'struct HBRUSH__ *'
'SetBkColor' : different types for formal and actual parameter 2

ie. an HBRUSH is not a COLORREF. Use the RGB macro to generate COLORREF values (which, presumably, you did if your HBRUSH was returned from CreateSolidBrush) or use unsigned long values with format 0x00bbggrr where b,g and r refer to red, green and blue values respectively in the range 0x00 to 0xFF (0-255).

edit: Alternatively, you can achieve the same text background as your returned hBrush by using:

Code:

SetBkMode(hdc,TRANSPARENT);

in place of SetBkColor.