color of button control

[ashish dogra]

hi please help me tell me how i can change the color of a button control and text on it which are differ from dialog box. A button is on a dialog box Ashish Dogra MCA Noida

[anothervip]

I think you can change the button color in CWnd::OnCtlColor (WM_CTLCOLOR) of the parent window and change the text color by SetTextColor().

[Hamid Taebi]

You can use a class derived CButton and use WM_DRAWITEM of course you need to set OwnerDraw in property button in property window_**

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whitesky

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[ashish dogra]

thanks form reply but sir i use this one but it does not change the color HBRUSH CButtoncolorDlg::OnCtlColor(CDC* pDC, CWnd* pWnd, UINT nCtlColor) { HBRUSH hbr = CDialog::OnCtlColor(pDC, pWnd, nCtlColor); if(nCtlColor == CTLCOLOR_BTN) { hbr=CreateSolidBrush(RGB(0,100,0)); pDC->SetTextColor(RGB(0,0,255)); pDC->SetBkColor(RGB(0,100,0)); } return hbr; } Ashish Dogra MCA Noida

[_AnsHUMAN_]

Did you set the BS_OWNERDRAW property of the button's to TRUE. I guess not.Do it and then you will see the button color change. To change the property of the button to owner draw right click on the button . Open the property window and just set the OWNER Draw property to true. IS it OK? Somethings seem HARD to do, until we know how to do them. ;-) _AnShUmAn_

[anothervip]

HBRUSH CButtoncolorDlg::OnCtlColor(CDC* pDC, CWnd* pWnd, UINT nCtlColor) { HBRUSH hbr = CDialog::OnCtlColor(pDC, pWnd, nCtlColor); if(nCtlColor == CTLCOLOR_BTN) { if( pWnd == "Your specific button pointer" ) return CreateSolidBrush(RGB(0,100,0)); } return hbr; } I wonder maybe you need to use new font ( by SelectObject() ) to change the font color.

[ashish dogra]

THANKS Ashish Dogra MCA Noida

[ashish dogra]

hi again i am sorry to disturb you again but i make an application in which many dialog boxes are there now when i make ownerdraw property true the application does not run and if i make ownerdraw property false the application runs i dont understand the problem so plz tell me what is the problem thanks Ashish Dogra MCA Noida

[Hamid Taebi]

I think you need to one code so see this you need to insert this code in your project for one start

m_Button.ModifyStyle(0,BS_OWNERDRAW); //in your main class insert this code
m_Button is CMyButton1
//////////////////

///////////in header file
class CMyButton1 : public CButton
{
	DECLARE_DYNAMIC(CMyButton1)

public:
	CMyButton1();
	virtual ~CMyButton1();
protected:
	DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
public:
	virtual void DrawItem(LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT lpDrawItemStruct);
};


IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC(CMyButton1, CButton)
CMyButton1::CMyButton1()
{
}

CMyButton1::~CMyButton1()
{
}


BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CMyButton1, CButton)
	
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

void CMyButton1::DrawItem(LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT lpDrawItemStruct)
{
CDC dc;
dc.Attach(lpDrawItemStruct->hDC);
CRect rt;
rt = lpDrawItemStruct->rcItem;


dc.SetBkMode(0);

CString str;
GetWindowText(str);

if ( (lpDrawItemStruct->itemState & ODS_SELECTED) )
{
dc.FrameRect(&rt,&CBrush(RGB(110,170,210)));
dc.SetTextColor(RGB(0,0,0));
dc.FillRect(&rt,&CBrush(RGB(190,210,210)));
}
else
{
dc.FrameRect(&rt,&CBrush(RGB(0,0,0)));
dc.SetTextColor(RGB(255,255,255));
dc.FillRect(&rt,&CBrush(RGB(100,170,210)));
}
dc.DrawText(str,rt,DT_CENTER|DT_VCENTER|DT_SINGLELINE);
dc.Detach();
}

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whitesky

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[Hamid Taebi]

whats error you get one error when you set Ownerdraw,right?_**

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whitesky

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[ashish dogra]

application does not run it simply show an message that application has encountreda problem and need to close Ashish Dogra MCA Noida

[Hamid Taebi]

see my example i hope you find why when you use ownerdraw you get error. in MSDN you see: "BS_OWNERDRAW Creates an owner-drawn button. The owner window receives a WM_DRAWITEM message when a visual aspect of the button has changed. Do not combine the BS_OWNERDRAW style with any other button styles."_**

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whitesky

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