Dialog Application-Adding Color to Display Data

[jerry1211a]

Hi, I have a Dialog application. In some cases I am displaying data in the main dialog by accessing data in an array: str2.Format("%02d\t, m_Parse.mChannel[i].m_SV); str+=str2; SetDlgItemText(IDC_SAT, str); etc. etc. What I want to do is to have some of the data displayed in different colors other than black. How can I set the color of some data before displaying it? Can someone help me out? :) Jerry

[Mark Salsbery]

I think the only control that would allow you to mix colors in the text would be a rich edit control. You could use read-only rich edit controls. If that's way overkill for just colored text, you could render the text yourself in response to the WM_PAINT message using perhaps some/all of these functions: SelectObject() to select a NULL brush (NULL_BRUSH) into the DC or possibly another font as well SetTextColor() SetROP2() to set the foreground mixing mode (to R2_COPYPEN, for example) SetBkMode() to set the background mixing mode (to TRANSPARENT, for example) DrawText() to draw the text Just two possibilities Mark

[Hamid Taebi]

Whats your control?

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WhiteSky

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[jerry1211a]

A text control. Jerry

[Hamid Taebi]

if your control is Edit see WM_CTLCOLOREDIT

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WhiteSky

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[jerry1211a]

Ok I will take a look at that...thanks, have a good day. :) Jerry

[Hamid Taebi]

And see MSDN WM_CTLCOLOR notification.It has an example and also you can see another CTLCOLOR_*:)

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WhiteSky

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