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"Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it." - Native American Proverb

UpdateData(TRUE);    //to load the control content into the member variable
m_Answer = m_LeftOperand + m_RightOperand;
UpdateData(FALSE);    //to update the controls with the new variables' contents

CString strAnswer       = _T("");
CString strLeftOperand  = _T("");
CString strRightOperand = _T("");
CEdit* peAnswer       = (CEdit*)GetDlgItem(IDC_ANSWER_EDIT);
CEdit* peLeftOperand  = (CEdit*)GetDlgItem(IDC_LEFT_OPERAND_EDIT);
CEdit* peRightOperand = (CEdit*)GetDlgItem(IDC_RIGHT_OPERAND_EDIT);
 
peLeftOperand->GetWindowText(strLeftOperand);
peRightOperand->GetWindowText(strRightOperand);
strAnswer.Format(_T("%f"), ::atof(strLeftOperand) + ::atof(strRightOperand));
peAnswer->SetWindowText(strAnswer);

// This OnCtlColor handler will change the color of a static control
// with the ID of IDC_MYSTATIC. The code assumes that the CMyDialog
// class has an initialized and created CBrush member named m_brush.
// The control will be painted with red text and a background
// color of m_brush.

HBRUSH CYourDlg::OnCtlColor(CDC* pDC, CWnd* pWnd, UINT nCtlColor) 
{
   // Call the base class implementation first! Otherwise, it may
   // undo what we're trying to accomplish here.
   HBRUSH hbr = CDialog::OnCtlColor(pDC, pWnd, nCtlColor);

   // Are we painting the IDC_MYSTATIC control? We can use
   // CWnd::GetDlgCtrlID() to perform the most efficient test.
   if (pWnd->GetDlgCtrlID() == IDC_MYSTATIC)
   {
      // Set the text color to red
      pDC->SetTextColor(RGB(255, 0, 0));

      // Set the background mode for text to transparent 
      // so background will show thru.
      pDC->SetBkMode(TRANSPARENT);

      // Return handle to our CBrush object
      //Take note of this one. It is very import that you return the specific
      //brush that you created to color the background of this static.
      hbr = m_brush;
   }

Willem Le Roux wrote:

Can anybody help me to change the background Color of a controll? I want to use a static controll and change the BG to white.

"Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it." - Native American Proverb

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pani68 wrote:

Please help me if you can!

"Opinions are neither right nor wrong. I cannot change your opinion. I can, however, change what influences your opinion." - David Crow

pani68 wrote:

I did not get the .ncw file.

"Opinions are neither right nor wrong. I cannot change your opinion. I can, however, change what influences your opinion." - David Crow