Re: How do I set the background color of a slider control?
Rob Richardson wrote:
Thank you very much for pointing me in the right direction. I found
that I didn't have to worry about subclassing the control. Instead, I
added an OnCtlColor() method to the formview that contained my slider
control:
HBRUSH CGraphView::OnCtlColor(CDC* pDC, CWnd* pWnd, UINT nCtlColor)
{
// TODO: Change any attributes of the DC here
HBRUSH newBrush = ::CreateSolidBrush(m_Graph.GetBackColor());
// TODO: Return a different brush if the default is not desired
return newBrush;
}
That changes the background color of both sliders on the formview,
which looks good. However, it doesn't change the background of the
three buttons on the formview. Why doesn't it do anything for them?
Unfortunately, buttons do not pay attention to OnCtlColor. To color
buttons it is necessary to use the owner-draw style on the button and
draw the button yourself. There are numerous examples of owner-drawn
buttons at codeproject and codeguru.
A warning about the solution you show above: It creates a new brush
every time it is called, and these brushes never get deleted. That can
cause big problems after the program runs for a period of time. It
would be much better to create that brush one time and save it as a
member variable.
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