Thread: WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC question.

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    WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC question.

    Hi, I can't figure out how to handle the WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC message to change the background color of a read-only edit box. Anyone know how to do this? I would appreciate any help EXTREMELY much since I've tried searching for an example, using google, for quite some time now.

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    If it's read_only, dump the editbox and go with a static control instead. You can send messages just as easily and if for some reason you needed the message sent to the static, there shouldn't be a problem assigning the message to a char or string for any additional useage.

    Code:
           
            SetBkColor(dc, RGB(0,0,128));
            SetBkMode(dc, OPAQUE);

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    Ok, but doesn't that code change only the row in the control which have text already? I think I tried something like that earlier but only one line was changed.

    EDIT: The code is for a chat client and the read-only box is used to display the conversation.
    Last edited by antex; 04-10-2007 at 10:04 AM.

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    Fill the TEXT(" ") with spaces, length of static. Then use SetDlgItemText to either send text to the static, or use spaces again to clear it. It'll work, whether or not it's correct is another matter.

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    Yeah I guess that would work but in my opinion there should be an API for these kind of things. If there is no such thing I'll just have to try something else.

    Thanks for replying!

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    You need to return a brush for the control to paint the non-text background with.
    Code:
    // Set the edit to white on black.
    case WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC:
    {
    	HDC hdc = (HDC)wParam;
    
    	SetBkColor(hdc, 0);
    	SetTextColor(hdc, 0xFFFFFF);
    	return (LRESULT)GetStockObject(BLACK_BRUSH);
    }

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    Oh, thank you very much! That's the thing I was looking for !

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