Change color of combo box

Hi, ALL,
Is there a way to change the background color of the combo box? Asking because there is no CTLCOLOR event for this control...

Thank you.

MSDN

You can manually add your own CTLCOLOR functionality, CWnd supports it.

Code:

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//in the .h file
  afx_msg HBRUSH OnCtlColor(CDC* pDC, CWnd* pWnd, UINT nCtlColor);

//in the .cpp file
  ON_WM_CTLCOLOR()


HBRUSH CYourClass::OnCtlColor(CDC* pDC, CWnd* pWnd, UINT nCtlColor)
{
  int
    nCtrlID = pWnd->GetDlgCtrlID();
  HBRUSH
    hbr    = CDialog::OnCtlColor(pDC, pWnd, nCtlColor);

  switch(nCtlColor)
  {
    case CTLCOLOR_EDIT:
      pDC->SetTextColor(RGB(255, 0, 0));
      hbr = (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH);
      break;

    case CTLCOLOR_STATIC:
      pDC->SetTextColor(RGB(0, 0, 128));
      pDC->SetBkColor(GetSysColor(COLOR_BTNFACE));
      hbr = GetSysColorBrush(COLOR_BTNFACE);
      break;

    case CTLCOLOR_BTN:
      pDC->SetTextColor(RGB(128, 0, 0));
      pDC->SetBkColor(GetSysColor(COLOR_BTNFACE));
      hbr = GetSysColorBrush(COLOR_BTNFACE);
      break;

    case CTLCOLOR_LISTBOX:
      pDC->SetTextColor(RGB(128, 0, 0));
      pDC->SetBkColor(GetSysColor(COLOR_BTNFACE));
      hbr = GetSysColorBrush(COLOR_BTNFACE);
      break;

    default:
      hbr = CDialog::OnCtlColor(pDC, pWnd, nCtlColor);
      break;
  }

  return hbr;
}

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you can add any MFC functionality manually, or you can use the wizzards . . . doesn't really much matter. . . There are many other settings you can affect from here as well . . .

Perfect Health and Clarity of Mind,

--Victor

Quote:

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Originally Posted by He_That_Is

You can manually add your own CTLCOLOR functionality, CWnd supports it.

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That doesn't mean "adding your own CTLCOLOR functionality" but mapping a handler function for WM_CTLCOLOR message.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by He_That_Is

you can add any MFC functionality manually, or you can use the wizzards . . . doesn't really much matter. . . There are many other settings you can affect from here as well . . .

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Of course, you can manually map any message but the wizard helps you doing it faster and prevents making mistakes.
What "other settings"?

Thank you for the reply, guys.
Is there a straight Win32 way - no MFC?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by OneEyeMan

Thank you for the reply, guys.
Is there a straight Win32 way - no MFC?

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Yes. You could implement owner (or custom) drawing for your control.
Or you could try to handle both WM_CTLCOLORLISTBOX and WM_CTLCOLOREDIT messages (sorry, I never did it myself in plain Win32, so I can only guess!(