After all these years as a VC++ developer I am embarrassed to admit I forgot
how to change the color of a static text control on a Dialog.

This code does not work when added to OnInitDialog():

#define RGB_RED             RGB(255, 0, 0)
    CStatic* pWndStaticColor = (CStatic*)GetDlgItem(IDC_COLOR_TEST_STATIC);
    CDC * pDC = pWndStaticColor->GetDC();
    COLORREF oldTextColor = pDC->SetTextColor(RGB_RED);

Changing the first line as follows didn't fix it.
    CWnd* pWndStaticColor = GetDlgItem(IDC_COLOR_TEST_STATIC);

I also tried putting this code snippet before and after
CDialog::OnInitDialog(). This didn't help either.

What am I missing here?

Michael T.

Hi, Michael!

Forget what you're diong and handle the WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC message instead.

Jeff...
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OK Bob, I subclassed my static control with SubclassDlgItem and added the
message handler OnCtlColor. Then I pasted in the code from
www.mooremvp.freeserve.co.uk/Win32/w32tip37.htm as you suggested. But it
still doesn't work.

The problem is that I cannot determine what needs to be added so the
ON_WM_CTLCOLOR message gets sent to my OnCtlColor message handler for my
subclassed static control.

Any ideas?

Michael T.

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| >After all these years as a VC++ developer I am embarrassed to admit I
forgot
| >how to change the color of a static text control on a Dialog.
|
| For example code on doing this, see here:
|
| www.mooremvp.freeserve.co.uk/Win32/w32tip37.htm
|
| --
| Bob Moore [WinSDK MVP]
| http://www.mooremvp.freeserve.co.uk/
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