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Ed Mulroy [TeamB] wrote:

>It's been so long since I played with dialog boxes that I'm rusty and 
>I'm having trouble painting a static text control. Anyone have a clue 
>as to what I am doing wrong?  (This is all API code, no VCL.)
>
>The dialog box is a simple *.RC file dialog with a couple of static 
>texts, a combo, a checkbox and three buttons.

Wait, a minute. you are trying to paint a static text control?
I don't think so.  TextOut, brushes, et al are for canvases.

	case(WM_PAINT):

SendDlgItemMessage(hDlg,CM_Ctrl_ID,WM_SETTEXT,0,(LPARAM)"NewText");

See also (just found these, never used them):
WM_CTLCOLORBTN
WM_CTLCOLORDLG
WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC
and several others.

	case(WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC):
		HDC h = (HDC)wParam;
		HWND w = (HWND(lParam);
		return (HBRUSH);

I assume you will get one of these for each static on the dialog.
So if you want different colors, you'll need to use the hwnd to decide
which control you are working with somehow.....

You could also do away with the statics, and just use TextOut in
WM_PAINT.

You didn't say how big those white lines were.
I assumed they were the text background.
If they were small lines, like outline, or borders...turn off the
control's borders.