Changing a disabled edit ctrl's color.

Like2Byte

I'm having trouble figuring out how to change the color of text in an edit control when it is disabled; such that the light grey (disabled) is black instead. Let's just say I have an edit control ('IDC_EDIT1'). CFont font; //in header font.CreatePointFont(280, "Arial Bold"); CWnd *pWnd = ((CWnd*)GetDlgItem(IDC_EDIT1); pWnd->EnableWindow(FALSE); //disables window //now I'd like to change the color of the text so it stays black. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Mark Salsbery

What about making the edit control read-only instead of disabling it? Mark

Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:

Like2Byte

Hrm, actually that a good idea; but, I don't know how to do that, either. I searched the web a little and found ES_READONLY. Further reading landed me EM_SETREADONLY. As I understand it, I need to call SendMessage to the window (editcontrol) I tried: pWnd->SendMessage(EM_SETREADONLY); and pWnd->SendMessage(ES_READONLY); But neither work - I am still able to edit the contents. What am I missing? thanks.

Mark Salsbery

Like2Byte wrote:

I tried: pWnd->SendMessage(EM_SETREADONLY);

Try: pWnd->SendMessage(EM_SETREADONLY, (WPARAM)TRUE); Mark

Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:

Like2Byte

Ah, geez. :doh: I'm going to go put my head in the sand. Gimme 10 minutes. Sincerely, thanks for the help!

Mark Salsbery

Like2Byte wrote:

I'm going to go put my head in the sand.

Haha - that's the hard way to code! :)

Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:

led mike

Mark Salsbery wrote:

that's the hard way to code!

No, that's the new age way to code. Having your head in the sand, or other equally dark places, is fine as long as you keep typing!

led mike