QUESTION: Changing color of Edit Control text

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From: SSL Guest User
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1991 18:11

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Dear net,

I hope this hasn't been asked too many times already 
(i've been reading this group for a month or so...)

How does one change the color of text entered and displayed
in a dialog box edit control?

I've tried the following (which failed as predicted by the SDK manuals)

hDC = GetDC(GetDlgItem(hDlg, controlid));
SetTextColor(hDC, RGB(blah, blah, blah));
ReleaseDC(hDC, blah blah);

SetTextColor() is apparently intended for TextOut() type operations.

I'm trying to show text in RED for a money field that has gone negative
(whippeeee).

Please email and i'll post the answer if anyone gives a hoot.

Thanks for your time,

Thomas
thomas@hpssl40.mayfield.hp.com

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