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Started by evilsoft October 05, 2005 01:26 PM

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evilsoft

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October 05, 2005 01:26 PM

I am working on a level creating application and am having problems with my Text Static controls. The backround color of the static is a bit lighter then the form color. Is there a way to change the back color of the static control to match the form color. Static control:


//Name Static
hNameLbl = CreateWindowEx (0,"Static","Name:",WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE|SS_SIMPLE,
                                75,55,50,20,hwnd,NULL,GetModuleHandle(NULL),NULL);

WinClass:


wincl.hInstance = hThisInstance;
wincl.lpszClassName = APPNAME;
wincl.lpfnWndProc = WindowProcedure;
wincl.style = CS_DBLCLKS;
wincl.cbSize = sizeof (WNDCLASSEX);

wincl.hIcon = LoadIcon (NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
wincl.hIconSm = LoadIcon (NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
wincl.hCursor = LoadCursor (NULL, IDC_ARROW);
wincl.lpszMenuName = NULL;                 
wincl.cbClsExtra = 0;                      
wincl.cbWndExtra = 0;                      
wincl.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)COLOR_MENU+3;

Anon Mike

1,098

October 05, 2005 01:39 PM

You need to handle WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC.

-Mike

evilsoft

122

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October 05, 2005 02:18 PM

Sorry for the ignorence, but what do I put in the handler to use the brush passed in the wparam?
I am fairly new to WIN32...I usually do tools, forms, etc in VB, so it is cake...but I found I like the control the winAPI offers, so I decided to take the C route.

xeddiex

238

October 05, 2005 02:54 PM

SelectObject(wParam, CreateSolidBrush(#, #, #)); to set the brush color for the static controls device context. Then use GDI paint functions to paint.

one..

evilsoft

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October 05, 2005 02:58 PM

Quote:Original post by xeddiex
SelectObject(wParam, CreateSolidBrush(#, #, #)); to set the brush color for the static controls device context. Then use GDI paint functions to paint.

Are the '#'s RGB values?

Anon Mike

1,098

October 05, 2005 03:57 PM

CreateSolidBrush takes a COLORREF. That in turn is usually created by the RGB macro which takes red, green, and blue levels in the range of 0-255.

However, since you're not using an explicit color but are instead using a system color (COLOR_MENU + 3 to be exact, which is a really wierd thing to do, what are you actually trying to accomplish with that?) you should probably use GetSysColorBrush instead.

-Mike

evilsoft

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October 06, 2005 08:10 PM

Quote:Original post by Anon Mike
CreateSolidBrush takes a COLORREF. That in turn is usually created by the RGB macro which takes red, green, and blue levels in the range of 0-255.

However, since you're not using an explicit color but are instead using a system color (COLOR_MENU + 3 to be exact, which is a really wierd thing to do, what are you actually trying to accomplish with that?) you should probably use GetSysColorBrush instead.

I started on COLOR_MENU+1 and kept incrementing and re-compling until I found the color I wanted..I found COLOR_APPWORKSPACE + 1 is the actual color I was looking for...Thanks for the function...works like a charm.

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