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hello
i'm trying to make an edit box control with a specified background
(bmp image)
could any one direct me how to do it?

thanks

Posted on 2002-07-09 13:48:16 by arkon

edit box with background

CreatePatternBrush, WM_CTLCOLOREDIT.

Posted on 2002-07-09 14:13:36 by comrade

edit box with background

it tried it doesn't work
maybe you can show some piece of (working) code?
or you wanna see mine first?

thanks!

Posted on 2002-07-23 14:20:53 by arkon

edit box with background

use STM_SETIMAGE in a "SendMessage" call to you static control! this should work!

bye

Posted on 2002-07-23 14:24:24 by NOP-erator

edit box with background

ooops, sorry.. you wanted to set an background image to an edit control..

erm.. how about drawing the control yourself?

don't ask me how to do that :tongue: , i just know that it's possible. just look for owner drawn controls..

hope that helps somehow..

bye

Posted on 2002-07-23 14:25:36 by NOP-erator

edit box with background

What Comrade is getting at:



WinProc    PROC hWin,uMsg,wParam,lParam:DWORD

    mov eax,uMsg

    cmp eax,WM_CTLCOLOREDIT

    je @@CtlColorEdit

    cmp eax,WM_CREATE

    je @@Create

    cmp eax,WM_DESTROY

    je @@Destroy

    ...

    invoke DefWindowProc,hWin,uMsg,wParam,lParam

    ret

    ...

@@CtlColorEdit:

    mov eax,EditBackgrondBrush

    ret

@@Create:

    invoke CreatePatternBrush,hBitmap

    mov EditBackgroundBrush,eax

    ret 

@@Destroy:

    invoke DeleteObject,EditBackgroundBrush

    ret

WinProc ENDP

You should check MSDN for the CreatePatternBrush API and WM_CTLCOLOREDIT window message. You would find that an edit control sends a WM_CTLCOLOREDIT message to it's parent before it erases it's background to determine which brush to use to paint the background. If you handle this message, pass it a brush made from CreatePatternBrush in eax.

--Chorus

Posted on 2002-07-23 14:47:47 by chorus

edit box with background

IIRC, KetilO tried to do this some time ago, the source code was posted, it only has a bit of flickering I think : search the board to find it.

Posted on 2002-07-23 14:52:40 by JCP

edit box with background

alright, i see

well, can i do static box with scrolling?
cuz, if so, is solves the whole problem..

i was trying the createpatternbrush - the problem is that when you scroll in the edit box, the bkg is scrolled as well....so it scrambles too
i have to make it fixed some how..

and i don't wanna write my own control...altough it shouldn't be hard, but there have to be a way to do it!

thanks

Posted on 2002-07-24 12:00:03 by arkon

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