Hi,

I've been using OnEraseBackground and ONCTLColour to customise my
application.

But i would now like to set some of my CEdit controls to have a default
background.

Say RED - for all controls that must be filled out.

I've tried to do this in ONCTLColour but it only changes the background when
the user
types in some text.

I can't get it to completely paint the background of the CEdit control.

How can i do this ???

Duncan

You have to return a brush of desired color in response to OnCtlColor. This
brush must not be local to the method.

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Ajay Kalra [MVP]

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Hi Duncan...

        Search for
            Article ID: Q74043 - HOWTO: Change the Color of an Edit Control

            HOWTO: Change the Background Color of an MFC Edit Control

    in msdn.

Cheers
Check Abdoul
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Ajay,

Here is the code i've got for OnCtrlColor:

HBRUSH CBreezeJobClient::OnCtlColor(CDC* pDC, CWnd* pWnd, UINT nCtlColor)
{
 //HBRUSH hbr = CDialog::OnCtlColor(pDC, pWnd, nCtlColor);

 // TODO: Change any attributes of the DC here

 // TODO: Return a different brush if the default is not desired
 HBRUSH hbr;

 switch (pWnd->GetDlgCtrlID())
 {
  case IDC_JCCLIENT:
  case IDC_JCCONTACT:
   pDC->SetBkColor(RGB(255,0,0));
   pDC->SetTextColor(RGB(255,255,255));
   hbr = (HBRUSH) GetStockObject(NULL_BRUSH);
   break;
  default:
   hbr=CDialog::OnCtlColor(pDC,pWnd,nCtlColor);
   break;
 }

 return hbr;

So what is the modification i need to make to set the background of the Edit
control to red and text to white ?

Many thanks for your help.

Duncan

Thanks for the help.

I've now written a new OnCtlColor handler - which works !

I create a brush (not static to the handler)

 COLORREF backcol = RGB(255,0,0);
 RedEdit.CreateSolidBrush(backcol);

HBRUSH CBreezeJobClient::OnCtlColor(CDC* pDC, CWnd* pWnd, UINT nCtlColor)
{
 HBRUSH hbr;

 switch (nCtlColor)
 {
 case CTLCOLOR_EDIT:
 case CTLCOLOR_MSGBOX:
  switch (pWnd->GetDlgCtrlID())
  {
   case IDC_JCCLIENT:
   case IDC_JCCONTACT:
   case IDC_JCCLIENTQUOTE:
   case IDC_JCCLIENTREF:
   case IDC_JCCLIENTORDER:
    pDC->SetBkColor(RGB(255,0,0));
    pDC->SetTextColor(RGB(255,255,255));
    hbr = (HBRUSH) RedEdit; //GetStockObject(NULL_BRUSH);
    break;
   default:
    hbr=CDialog::OnCtlColor(pDC,pWnd,nCtlColor);
    break;
  }
  break;
 default:
  hbr=CDialog::OnCtlColor(pDC,pWnd,nCtlColor);
 }

 return hbr;

Works like a charm.

Thanks for the help - it pointed me in the right direction.

Duncan