Using a selection

_Flaviu

Hi. What MFC control should I use in order to put a text in such a way that some text should have different background color, and most important, there will be several selection in this text, all of them with the same background color ... I have tried with CRichEditView, and I could set a text color for several selection, but not color for background, only for text:

SetWindowText(\_T("Havecreatedonecomboclasstogetthecomboboxhandleandlistboxhandlevalue"));

CHARFORMAT cf;
cf.cbSize = sizeof(cf);
cf.dwMask = CFM\_BOLD | CFM\_COLOR;
cf.dwEffects = CFE\_BOLD | ~CFE\_AUTOCOLOR;

cf.crTextColor = RGB(0, 255, 0);
GetRichEditCtrl().SetSel(2, 5);
GetRichEditCtrl().SetSelectionCharFormat(cf);

cf.crTextColor = RGB(250, 55, 33);
GetRichEditCtrl().SetSel(10, 18);
GetRichEditCtrl().SetSelectionCharFormat(cf);

cf.crTextColor = RGB(250, 55, 33);
GetRichEditCtrl().SetSel(10, 18);
GetRichEditCtrl().SetSelectionCharFormat(cf);

GetRichEditCtrl().SetSel(-1, -1);

GetRichEditCtrl().SetReadOnly();

Victor Nijegorodov

Did you try using [CHARFORMAT2W | Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/richedit/ns-richedit-charformat2w)?

_Flaviu

Yes, it goes. Here is the code, in case that everyone need it:

CHARFORMAT2 cf;
cf.cbSize = sizeof(cf);
cf.dwMask = CFM\_BACKCOLOR | CFE\_AUTOCOLOR;
cf.dwEffects = CFE\_PROTECTED;
cf.crTextColor = RGB(64, 255, 33);
cf.crBackColor = RGB(240, 64, 64);
GetRichEditCtrl().SetSel(18, 28);
GetRichEditCtrl().SetSelectionCharFormat(cf);

GetRichEditCtrl().SetSel(-1, -1);