Creating a static window

[AmitM9S6]

I'm trying to create a static control into a program.
It usually works fine for me, but now I have a window which is completely white, and when I create the static controll, the text has a grey background...

It's all WinAPI, C++.

This is my code :

CreateWindow( TEXT("static"), "Welcome!", WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 200, 50, 100, 20, MainHwnd, NULL, hInstance, NULL);

Here is how it looks like :

http://up404.siz.co.il/up1/ntcihk52mwtz.jpg

What is the fastest and easiest way to make the text "blend" with the background (I want it to be black text, just without this grey background near)

Thanks!

[modoran]

You can change static control background to match while processing WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC message in the parent:

case WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC:
        // Set the colour of the text for our URL
        if ((HWND)lParam == GetDlgItem(hDlg, IDC_WARNING)) 
        {
                // we're about to draw the static
                // set the text colour in (HDC)lParam
                SetBkMode((HDC)wParam,TRANSPARENT);
                SetTextColor((HDC)wParam, RGB(255,0,0));
                return (BOOL)CreateSolidBrush (GetSysColor(COLOR_MENU));
        }
        break;

More info on MSDN.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb787524%28VS.85%29.aspx

[AmitM9S6]

Thanks, but I'm getting unregonized identifier to those :
(hDlg, IDC_WARNING)) It doesnt recognize both of the paramters...

[modoran]

Yes, adapt it to your needa, you have the documentation for WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC. Don't copy paste anything before you read what it does (and change it).

For your specific case, this GetDlgItem(hDlg, IDC_WARNING)) needs to be replaced with what CreateWindow() returns.

[AmitM9S6]

Thank you! it works!!

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