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From: kensy@microsoft.UUCP (Ken SYKES)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Another question (was Re: A basic edit control question)
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Date: 14 Sep 90 00:06:42 GMT
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In article <1990Sep12.185146.21307@rodan.acs.syr.edu> jfbruno@rodan.acs.syr.edu (John Bruno) writes:
>Responding to my question about intercepting messages to an edit control...
>Well, now I have another question. I'd like to make some text lines in the edit
>control a different color.  I guess I'd have to intercept several messages
>to get this to work, like WM_PASTE, WM_PAINT, WM_CHAR, probably some others
>too, but since Win3.0 does the actual drawing of the characters on the screen,
>how can I change their color?  Could I do something like was suggested above,
>only in some cases not call the windows edit control proc? Is this a kosher
>thing to do?
>

Actually it would probably be more kosher to make the listbox an owner-draw
listbox.  This will allow you to fiddle it with the output characteristics
to your hearts content.  The docs explain how owner-draw controls work.

Ken Sykes
Disclaimer: The above opinions are solely my own.