Hello All!

How do I change the background color of an entire edit control box, not just the background color of its text?

Thanks in advance,
Steph

start with this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q117778/

and let me know how it goes. It's been some time since I've played with specifically coloring controls.

basically, from the article,
1. override the WM_CTLCOLOR and WM_DESTROY messages
2. add a CBrush* member variable to the dialog class (that has the edit control) [see the article]
3. copy the code to the functions created for the messages
4. comment-out the SetTextColor() call (unless you want a change)
5. set a color in the class constructor [set (255, 255, 0) for yellow]
6. set the same color in SetBkColor() function.

That's about the basics of it, I believe.

TurboPT,

Well, I did that, and it looks fine. However, if the user clicks the edit boxes or uses the tab key many times, my program stops running. I thought it could have something to do with deleting the brushes (lack of memory or something). But, I deleted the brushes in the DESTROY function, as the website said to. Do you think it could be becuase I initialized the brushes at the beginning of the CTLCOLOR function?

Also, I added two new dialog windows to my program (so I had to add two new classes for them). Basically, when a specific button on the first dialog window is pressed, the second dialog window is supposed to appear (to do this I also had to add a member variable to my first (original) class, with its data type being the class name of my second dialog). Now, this worked. However, when I did the same thing for when a specific button button on the second dialog window is pressed (meaning the third dialog window is supposed to appear), the third dialog window does not display (it somewhat flashes when the specific button on the second dialog is pressed constantly).

Do you have any ideas?

Thanks Again,
Steph

TurboPT,

Regarding my last message, I figured out the problem that I mentioned in the second paragraph. So, thanks anyways.

However, I do still need help with what I wrote in the first paragraph.

Thanks,
Steph

Maybe, the brush in the article is created once, in the constructor.

See if making such a change helps that problem.

What's the latest on those brushes?

If you still have trouble, post your code (if you can) and we'll try and see what's happening.

TurboPT,

Sorry that I did not reply sooner....I have been so busy lately, that I did not get a chance to work on it until today. But your suggestion did work. I did have to place it in the constructor.

Thank you (again). I really do appreciate all your help.

Until Next Time,
Steph

TurboPT,

I wrote a message with the subject "Accessing values from a different dialog" (in the "MS Visual C++ / MFC Forum"). 20 people have read it, but no one has responded. Could you take a look please?

Thanks,
Steph