Re: CEdit white

From:
"AliR \(VC++ MVP\)" <AliR@online.nospam>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:53:48 GMT
Message-ID:
<MScOh.19044$uo3.18288@newssvr14.news.prodigy.net>
Let me also add that you can do it this way.

HBRUSH CEditWhite::CtlColor(CDC* /*pDC*/, UINT /*nCtlColor*/)
{
  return (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH);
}

AliR.

"AliR (VC++ MVP)" <AliR@online.nospam> wrote in message
news:nwbOh.3425$Kd3.1491@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net...

The only way to do this correctly is to handle the WM_CTLCOLOR message.

Here you go

CEditWhite::CMyEdit()
{
  m_hBrush = CreateSolidBrush(RGB(255,255,255));
}

HBRUSH CEditWhite::CtlColor(CDC* /*pDC*/, UINT /*nCtlColor*/)
{
  return m_hBrush;
}

AliR.

"GT" <ContactGT_removeme_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I have some read only CEdit controls on a dialog, but they appear grey. I
would like them to be white. I tried subclassing CEdit and adding the
following method (m_brBackgroundBrush is a plain white brush), but they
are still grey - any ideas? Should I overwrite the OnPaint or OnDraw
method perhaps?

BOOL CEditWhite::OnEraseBkgnd(CDC* pDC)
{
BOOL returnVal = CEdit::OnEraseBkgnd(pDC);

CRect rect;
GetClientRect(&rect);

// Tile the watermark bitmap over the screen
pDC->FillRect(&rect, &m_brBackgroundBrush);

return returnVal;
}

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