Setting background color of Dialog to RED

[RockyJames]

Hi, I have taken dialog based application.When i run the application the dialog is displayed in default color.I want to change the Background color of the dialog to RED color . thanks in before jamesrocky

[Nibu babu thomas]

Handle WM_ERASEBKGND.

BOOL CDlg::OnEraseBkgnd(CDC* pDC)
{
// Set brush to desired background color
CBrush backBrush(RGB(255, 0, 0));

// Save the old brush
CBrush\* pOldBrush = pDC->SelectObject(&backBrush);

// Get the current clipping boundary
CRect rect;
pDC->GetClipBox(&rect);

// Erase the area needed
pDC->PatBlt(rect.left, rect.top, rect.Width(), rect.Height(),
     PATCOPY);

pDC->SelectObject(pOldBrush); // Select the old brush back
return TRUE;  // message handled

}

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Nibu thomas Software Developer

[RockyJames]

Sorry its not working, can be more clear.. thanks in before Jamesrocky

[Nibu babu thomas]

Add a message map entry

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(...,...)
ON_WM_ERASEBKGND()
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

//just add the rest of the code here...

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Nibu thomas Software Developer

[Hamid Taebi]

I think you can use WM_CTLCOLOR and declare a variable CBrush

[Vinaya]

You can call the SetDialogBkColor() . You can have a look at this.[^] Thanks, Vini

[Ganesh_T]

Hi USe this in WM_CTLCOLOR HBRUSH hbr = CDialog::OnCtlColor(pDC, pWnd, nCtlColor); hbr = CreateSolidBrush(RGB(134,179,174)); pDC->SetBkColor(RGB(255,0,255)); // Pass the RGB of RED color return hbr; Cheers "Peace of mind through Technology"