>     I have a dialog which has a bitmap on it.  I also have a couple static
> text controls on top of the bitmap.  The background color of my bitmap is
> white, how can I change the background color of the static control?  I've
> tried making them transparent, but I lose the text as well.

> >     I have a dialog which has a bitmap on it.  I also have a couple
static
> > text controls on top of the bitmap.  The background color of my bitmap
is
> > white, how can I change the background color of the static control?
I've
> > tried making them transparent, but I lose the text as well.

> WM_CTLCOLOR/CTLCOLOR_STATIC.

>     Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.  I have it partially
> working now.  I have my text showing in the color I want, and the
> background, but the rest of the area for the control is being displayed in
> black.  I can't find the method that changes that color.

> Are you returning an HBRUSH or the proper color?

}

> >     Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.  I have it partially
> > working now.  I have my text showing in the color I want, and the
> > background, but the rest of the area for the control is being displayed
in
> > black.  I can't find the method that changes that color.

> Are you returning an HBRUSH or the proper color? How and when are you
doing
> the CreateSolidBrush?
> --
> Jeff Partch [VC++ MVP]

>     I'm not calling CreateSolidBrush. Where is the appropriate spot to
call
> it.  Here is a the code that I am using.

> HBRUSH CBaseDialog::OnCtlColor( CDC* pDC, CWnd* pWnd, UINT nCtlColor )
> {
>     // Call the base class implementation first! Otherwise, it may
>     // undo what we're trying to accomplish here.
>     HBRUSH hbr = CDialog::OnCtlColor( pDC, pWnd, nCtlColor );

>     switch ( pWnd->GetDlgCtrlID() )
>     {
>         case IDC_TITLE:
>             {
>                 // Set the text color to black
>                 pDC->SetTextColor( RGB(0, 0, 0) );
>                 pDC->SetBkColor( RGB(255, 255, 255) );
>                 hbr = (HBRUSH) m_brush->GetSafeHandle();
>             }
>             break;
>      }

>     return hbr;
> }

> >     I'm not calling CreateSolidBrush. Where is the appropriate spot to
> call
> > it.  Here is a the code that I am using.

> > HBRUSH CBaseDialog::OnCtlColor( CDC* pDC, CWnd* pWnd, UINT nCtlColor )
> > {
> >     // Call the base class implementation first! Otherwise, it may
> >     // undo what we're trying to accomplish here.
> >     HBRUSH hbr = CDialog::OnCtlColor( pDC, pWnd, nCtlColor );

> >     switch ( pWnd->GetDlgCtrlID() )
> >     {
> >         case IDC_TITLE:
> >             {
> >                 // Set the text color to black
> >                 pDC->SetTextColor( RGB(0, 0, 0) );
> >                 pDC->SetBkColor( RGB(255, 255, 255) );
> >                 hbr = (HBRUSH) m_brush->GetSafeHandle();
> >             }
> >             break;
> >      }

> >     return hbr;
> > }

> Okay, how are you 'Creating' your 'm_brush' member variable?