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From: jfbruno@rodan.acs.syr.edu (John Bruno)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Another question (was Re: A basic edit control question)
Message-ID: <1990Sep14.143046.4029@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Date: 14 Sep 90 14:30:46 GMT
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In article <57431@microsoft.UUCP> kensy@microsoft.UUCP (Ken SYKES) writes:
>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.

But I'm not doing a listbox, it's an edit control.  Page 1-50 in Volume I of
the reference manual defines constants for owner-draw list boxes, combo boxes,
and buttons only.  I was hoping that I could avoid drawing the entire control
myself when all I really need is to be able to a have few of the text lines in
the edit control be a different color, without the user being able to edit 
these items.  It's easy enough to stop the user from editing certain items with
subclassing, but I was hoping for a way to tell Windows that certain lines are
to be drawn in a different color.  Is there a way to do this without making
an owner-draw edit control (yuk)? Is it even possible to have an owver draw
edit-control? 

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

---jb