Re: Change bk color of read-only CEdit

From:
"Jeff Partch" <jeffp@mvps.org>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Wed, 16 Aug 2006 06:58:43 -0500
Message-ID:
<#NTcUtSwGHA.2036@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>
"Neo" <momer114@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1155728894.848411.299890@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...

I am working on MFC using vs2k5. I place one edit control in SDI
application and write "WM_CTLCOLOR" message to change edit control
bk color and its working fine, but it doesn't work when read-only is
set on it.

Code for "WM_CTLCOLOR":

HBRUSH CNewMsgView::OnCtlColor(CDC* pDC, CWnd* pWnd, UINT nCtlColor)
{
HBRUSH hbr = CResizingDialog::OnCtlColor(pDC, pWnd, nCtlColor);

// TODO: Change any attributes of the DC here

switch( nCtlColor )
{
case CTLCOLOR_EDIT:
{
if( pWnd->GetDlgCtrlID( ) == IDC_TEXTMSG )
{
/*pDC->SetTextColor( RGB( 120, 0, 0 ) );*/
hbr = CreateSolidBrush( RGB( 255, 255, 255 ) );
}
break;
}
}

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

How do I make it work when read-only is set to true?


Read-only edit controls use CTLCOLOR_STATIC.
--
Jeff Partch [VC++ MVP]

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