:-O WhiteSky

And see http://www.codeproject.com/system/caaregistryclass.asp WhiteSky

Hi you may need to see the settings of your OS. Please check that once. see the message above posted by Mr.Prathuraj once.:) prathuraj wrote: This is not something you can control. Autorun is a feature which users can select to disable or automate from within the OS. This is a security feature for the user. Nice talking to you. :-O If you judge people, you have no time to love them. -- Mother Teresa

see this code void CEnTabCtrl::DrawItem(LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT lpdis) { TC_ITEM tci; CDC* pDC = CDC::FromHandle(lpdis->hDC); HIMAGELIST hilTabs = (HIMAGELIST)TabCtrl_GetImageList(GetSafeHwnd()); BOOL bSelected = (lpdis->itemID == (UINT)GetCurSel()); BOOL bColor = (s_dwCustomLook & ETC_COLOR); CRect rItem(lpdis->rcItem); if (bSelected) rItem.bottom -= 1; else rItem.bottom += 2; // tab // blend from back color to COLOR_3DFACE if 16 bit mode or better COLORREF crFrom = GetTabColor(bSelected); if (s_dwCustomLook & ETC_GRADIENT && pDC->GetDeviceCaps(BITSPIXEL) >= 16) { COLORREF crTo = bSelected ? ::GetSysColor(COLOR_3DFACE) : Darker(!bColor || m_crBack == -1 ? ::GetSysColor(COLOR_3DFACE) : m_crBack, 0.7f); int nROrg = GetRValue(crFrom); int nGOrg = GetGValue(crFrom); int nBOrg = GetBValue(crFrom); int nRDiff = GetRValue(crTo) - nROrg; int nGDiff = GetGValue(crTo) - nGOrg; int nBDiff = GetBValue(crTo) - nBOrg; int nHeight = rItem.Height(); for (int nLine = 0; nLine < nHeight; nLine += 2) { int nRed = nROrg + (nLine * nRDiff) / nHeight; int nGreen = nGOrg + (nLine * nGDiff) / nHeight; int nBlue = nBOrg + (nLine * nBDiff) / nHeight; pDC->FillSolidRect(CRect(rItem.left, rItem.top + nLine, rItem.right, rItem.top + nLine + 2), RGB(nRed, nGreen, nBlue)); } } else // simple solid fill pDC->FillSolidRect(rItem, crFrom); // text & icon rItem.left += PADDING; rItem.top += PADDING + (bSelected ? 1 : 0); pDC->SetBkMode(TRANSPARENT); CString sTemp; tci.mask = TCIF_TEXT | TCIF_IMAGE; tci.pszText = sTemp.GetBuffer(100); tci.cchTextMax = 99; GetItem(lpdis->itemID, &tci); sTemp.ReleaseBuffer(); // icon if (hilTabs) { ImageList_Draw(hilTabs, tci.iImage, *pDC, rItem.left, rItem.top, ILD_TRANSPARENT); rItem.left += 16 + PADDING; } // text rItem.right -= PADDING; FormatText(sTemp, pDC, rItem.Width()); COLORREF col; col=RGB(255,0,0); pDC->SetTextColor(col); pDC->DrawText(sTemp, rItem, DT_NOPREFIX | DT_CENTER); }

hi i used onpaint method to change the background color. but in vain. what i have to do to change the background color of the tab control.

Sorry for that. The link worked in my browser when I have posted the comments :). I have been using that software for 3 years and I am satisfied with the results.

I doubt if I get your question properly. Are you asking how to group a few radio buttons together so that only one of them could be selected? For this, you first insert a few radio buttons, go to the first radio button's property, and enable the "Group" checkbox (And uncheck this property for other radio buttons). Now this would for a group of mutually exclusive radio buttons. PS: The group box is just a visual representation and it won't group the controls together. Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. - Cicero ப்ரம்மா

It's a window class called SysIPAddress32, and you can utilize it via MFC's CIPAddressCtrl class. "Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed" - 2 Timothy 2:15 "Judge not by the eye but by the heart." - Native American Proverb

Once you have a string properly formatted, simply call ShellExecute() or CreateProcess(). "Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed" - 2 Timothy 2:15 "Judge not by the eye but by the heart." - Native American Proverb