Comments on: how to set color for static control text in dialog? http://weseetips.com/2008/08/27/how-to-set-color-for-static-control-text-in-dialog/ Gold mine of Visual C++ tricks! Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:10:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jijo Raj http://weseetips.com/2008/08/27/how-to-set-color-for-static-control-text-in-dialog/comment-page-1/#comment-12832 Jijo Raj Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:37:01 +0000 http://weseetips.wordpress.com/?p=421#comment-12832 Hi Shane, Thanks for sharing your ideas! I totally agree to your points, but only if you have lot of controls to maintain across your product. Then, It's worth to create a subclassed control. But what if you want to color just one or two control? In that case, is it wise to subclass and write the entire DrawItem()? even that for each and every type of control that you're using in UI? IMHO, the cost-benefit analysis result would be negative, in that case. Well, keep sharing your thoughts, and thanks for your time! I would recommend another classic article which explains about subclassing by Chris Mauder, which is much simple and straight forward - http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/subclassdemo.aspx Best Regards, Jijo. Hi Shane,

Thanks for sharing your ideas!

I totally agree to your points, but only if you have lot of controls to maintain across your product. Then, It’s worth to create a subclassed control.
But what if you want to color just one or two control? In that case, is it wise to subclass and write the entire DrawItem()? even that for each and every type of control that you’re using in UI?

IMHO, the cost-benefit analysis result would be negative, in that case.
Well, keep sharing your thoughts, and thanks for your time!

I would recommend another classic article which explains about subclassing by Chris Mauder, which is much simple and straight forward – http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/subclassdemo.aspx

Best Regards,
Jijo.

]]> By: Shane Diego http://weseetips.com/2008/08/27/how-to-set-color-for-static-control-text-in-dialog/comment-page-1/#comment-12778 Shane Diego Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:53:19 +0000 http://weseetips.wordpress.com/?p=421#comment-12778 You would be much better off writing a subclass of CStatic that has the capability of storing and generating its own color. The technique shown here makes the dialog responsible for color of its controls. This is akin to having the dialog responsible for the text that appears in each control. You can do it, by why would you want to? It makes much more sense to have the control know about itself. The control knows its position, its text, its state; why not have it know about its color? After you change the color, the next thing you are going to want to do is change the font. Here is how: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/hmxcontrols.aspx You would be much better off writing a subclass of CStatic that has the capability of storing and generating its own color. The technique shown here makes the dialog responsible for color of its controls. This is akin to having the dialog responsible for the text that appears in each control. You can do it, by why would you want to?

It makes much more sense to have the control know about itself. The control knows its position, its text, its state; why not have it know about its color? After you change the color, the next thing you are going to want to do is change the font.

Here is how: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/miscctrl/hmxcontrols.aspx

]]> By: Jijo.Raj http://weseetips.com/2008/08/27/how-to-set-color-for-static-control-text-in-dialog/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Jijo.Raj Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:17:18 +0000 http://weseetips.wordpress.com/?p=421#comment-206 You could change the color of other controls as well. Controls such as - Button, Dialog, edit, Listbox, scrollbars etc. For instance, see how to change the color of push button here - http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread26182.html Regards, Jijo. You could change the color of other controls as well. Controls such as – Button, Dialog, edit, Listbox, scrollbars etc. For instance, see how to change the color of push button here – http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread26182.html

Regards,
Jijo.

]]> By: pawan http://weseetips.com/2008/08/27/how-to-set-color-for-static-control-text-in-dialog/comment-page-1/#comment-205 pawan Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:18:42 +0000 http://weseetips.wordpress.com/?p=421#comment-205 Is it applicable only to static control or i can use it for other Is it applicable only to static control or i can use it for other

]]> By: Jijo.Raj http://weseetips.com/2008/08/27/how-to-set-color-for-static-control-text-in-dialog/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Jijo.Raj Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:57:10 +0000 http://weseetips.wordpress.com/?p=421#comment-204 If you seek plain win32, you could handle WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC and can change the static text color. Have a look at this link - http://www.winprog.org/tutorial/dlgfaq.html. It contains code samples. Hope it helps. Regards, Jijo. If you seek plain win32, you could handle WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC and can change the static text color.

Have a look at this link – http://www.winprog.org/tutorial/dlgfaq.html. It contains code samples. Hope it helps.

Regards,
Jijo.

]]> By: mehranhu http://weseetips.com/2008/08/27/how-to-set-color-for-static-control-text-in-dialog/comment-page-1/#comment-203 mehranhu Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:59:05 +0000 http://weseetips.wordpress.com/?p=421#comment-203 Hi, It really works, ive done it already, But im searching a messive way of the same thing to be done in simple WIN32, not MFC. Can u help me please mehrangull@hotmail.com Hi, It really works, ive done it already, But im searching a messive way of the same thing to be done in simple WIN32, not MFC. Can u help me please
mehrangull@hotmail.com

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