Re: Subclassing dynamically created controls

From:
"David Ching" <dc@remove-this.dcsoft.com>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Wed, 2 Jan 2008 06:03:48 -0800
Message-ID:
<8RMej.2766$se5.1050@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com>
"Sujay Ghosh" <SujayGhosh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F5F27A60-72E6-4AEE-AD98-B40B18415A80@microsoft.com...

I am creating an edit box dynamically beside the tree control.

The tree control is in the tree view

                TREE VIEW

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tree Control
     |
     |
     |---Label 1 Edit Box in question
     |

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I have derived the edit box CMyEdit from CEdit .

and in the treeview class I have the following line in ON_TVNEXPAND

m_MyEdit.Create(WS_VISIBLE | WS_BORDER, rect, this, ID_MY_EDIT_BOX);

In the CMyEdit I have overriden WM_CTLCLOR_REFLECT with the following
code .

m_ColorRef has been set to YELLOW in the classes constructor

pDC->SetBkColor( m_ColorRef);
return (HBRUSH) m_ColorRef;

But on execution I get a edit box which has a white background ; whereas I
want a edit box with a yellow background.

Am I missing out on something.


Try calling pDC->SetBkMode(OPAQUE) so that the yellow background of text
characters takes effect. Also, the HBRUSH you return needs to be a real
brush. If you don't have one, return the one returned by
CEdit::OnCtlColor() (the function yours calls).

If you want the entire background to be yellow, and not just for the
characters you actually write, create a CBrush which has the yellow color
and return that. Don't bother calling SetBkColor() or SetBkMode().

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