Re: Setting BackGround Color of a window

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From: DanC
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1992 13:45

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This might be useful to general readers so I am posting it.

In article <1992Apr3.172057.29585@borland.com> rpj@borland.com (Rich Johns) writes:

>Does anybody out there have a window class in which each instance
>of that class can have a different background color? I just can't believe
>such  a thing can be so hard. I mean, its easy to change the bg for the
>entire class, but how can it be done on an instance basis?

Create the window class with a NULL brush, ie;

WNDCLASS wndclass;

...

wndclass.hbrBackground = NULL;

Then trap the WM_PAINTBKGND message and paint the background using
one of the rectangular fill procedures.

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Date: 7 Apr 92 01:45:14 +1200
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