I thought it would be very simple to change the text color of the CEdit
text.  I have an edit control that derives from CEdit and I subclass the
edit controls of a dialog box.

I cannot find the message (in DefWindowProc) that would have the DC used for
painting.

What message is used to modify the DC for an edit control?

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Quantum Technologies, Inc.

Handle the WM_CTLCOLOREDIT message - OnCtlColor in MFC.

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| >I thought it would be very simple to change the text color of the CEdit
| >text.  I have an edit control that derives from CEdit and I subclass the
| >edit controls of a dialog box.
| >
| >What message is used to modify the DC for an edit control?
|
| Hank,
|
| Handle the WM_CTLCOLOREDIT message - OnCtlColor in MFC.
|
| Dave
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Nish

MSDN states:

    If an application processes this message, it must return the
    handle of a brush. The system uses the brush to paint the
    background of the edit control.

As I said, I am looking for the 'message' in CEdit that can be used to
control the foreground text color.

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| Have you subclassed the CEdit control?
| If so you can handle WM_CTLCOLOREDIT
|
| Nish
|


| > The WM_CTLCOLOREDIT message is sent from the edit control to the parent
| > window (dialog).
| > I am looking for a message in the edit control itself.
| > I though WM_PAINT would do it, but it does not pass a DC (Device
Context).
| >
| > --
| > Hank Williams
| > Quantum Technologies, Inc.
| >
| >


| > | >I thought it would be very simple to change the text color of the
CEdit
| > | >text.  I have an edit control that derives from CEdit and I subclass
| the
| > | >edit controls of a dialog box.
| > | >
| > | >What message is used to modify the DC for an edit control?
| > |
| > | Hank,
| > |
| > | Handle the WM_CTLCOLOREDIT message - OnCtlColor in MFC.
| > |
| > | Dave
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| >
| >
| >
|
|

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Hank Williams
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| The point is (if I'm not mistaken) that you should handle the
| WM_CTLCOLOREDIT message in your derived CEdit class, not the dialog.
|
| --
| Bjarne Nielsen
|


| > Yes, I have subclassed CEdit control.  I also added the WM_CTLCOLOREDIT
to
| > the parent dialog and all I got was painting of the background (not Text
| > Color).
| >
| > MSDN states:
| >
| >     If an application processes this message, it must return the
| >     handle of a brush. The system uses the brush to paint the
| >     background of the edit control.
| >
| > As I said, I am looking for the 'message' in CEdit that can be used to
| > control the foreground text color.
| >
| > --
| > Hank Williams
| > Quantum Technologies, Inc.
| >
| >


| > | Have you subclassed the CEdit control?
| > | If so you can handle WM_CTLCOLOREDIT
| > |
| > | Nish
| > |


| > | > The WM_CTLCOLOREDIT message is sent from the edit control to the
| parent
| > | > window (dialog).
| > | > I am looking for a message in the edit control itself.
| > | > I though WM_PAINT would do it, but it does not pass a DC (Device
| > Context).
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | > Hank Williams
| > | > Quantum Technologies, Inc.
| > | >
| > | >


| > | > | >I thought it would be very simple to change the text color of the
| > CEdit
| > | > | >text.  I have an edit control that derives from CEdit and I
| subclass
| > | the
| > | > | >edit controls of a dialog box.
| > | > | >
| > | > | >What message is used to modify the DC for an edit control?
| > | > |
| > | > | Hank,
| > | > |
| > | > | Handle the WM_CTLCOLOREDIT message - OnCtlColor in MFC.
| > | > |
| > | > | Dave
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| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
| >
|
|

MFC has a "reflection" mechanism where notification messages can be
handled in the derived class as well as the parent.

MFC also wraps all the WM_CTLCOLOR* messages into a single WM_CTLCOLOR
wrapper (backward compatibility with old 16-bit code) which is made
accessible via reflection and is represented as =WM_CTLCOLOR in the
UI. Have a look at "TN062: Message Reflection for Windows Controls" in
the VC++ help.

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Message Reflection does work.

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| >The message does not get sent to CEdit.
|
| Hank,
|
| MFC has a "reflection" mechanism where notification messages can be
| handled in the derived class as well as the parent.
|
| MFC also wraps all the WM_CTLCOLOR* messages into a single WM_CTLCOLOR
| wrapper (backward compatibility with old 16-bit code) which is made
| accessible via reflection and is represented as =WM_CTLCOLOR in the
| UI. Have a look at "TN062: Message Reflection for Windows Controls" in
| the VC++ help.
|
| Dave
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