Re: Change CFormView window color

From:

"AliR $VC++ MVP$" <AliR@online.nospam>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.mfc

Date:

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:57:16 GMT

Message-ID:

<wFbIi.586$6p6.468@newssvr25.news.prodigy.net>

OnCtlColor is what you are looking for.

CMyDialog::CMyDialog(...)
{
    m_hBrush = CreateSolidBrush(RGB(255,0,0));
}

HBRUSH CMyDialog::OnCtlColor(CDC* pDC, CWnd* pWnd, UINT nCtlColor)
{
   if (nCtlColor == CTLCOLOR_DLG)
   {
      return m_hBrush;
   }

   HBRUSH hbr = CDialog::OnCtlColor(pDC, pWnd, nCtlColor);

   // TODO: Return a different brush if the default is not desired
   return hbr;
}

AliR.

"Neil B" <NeilB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D76F1703-410A-43C8-981E-B9B1E58971C5@microsoft.com...

I'd like to set the background color of my application CFormView window.

I know that the background brush is set at window registration time, but
don't know where that is done in MFC and whether it is overridable.

Since I only want to change the brush color I'd also need to know all the
other parameters that MFC passed as part of the process so I can just
modify
the brush color.

Can anyone fill in the blanks here????

Thanks, Neil

PS: I've already been down the OnEraseBkgnd() route. I don't think I need
that level of control, it seems risky and creates many unanswered
questions.