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RE: Writing text in colors

• Posted by Derek Parnell <Derek.Parnell at SYD.RABOBANK.COM> May 27, 2002
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Drummond [mailto:kestrelandy at xalt.co.uk]
> Sent: Monday, 27 May 2002 23:23
> To: EUforum
> Subject: Writing text in colors
> 
> 
> 
> I posted a problem with getDC:SaveDC() recently, and was advised to 
> avoid using graphics routines - like, I suspect, setText(). i trued 
> Win32Lib v0.57.6 but that doesn't help and is veerrryyyy 
> sllooowwwww at 
> times or in some routines. wPuts() & wPrintf() are nasty - they leave 
> the rest of the text box with its old text, and use the 
> system default 
> background. I can't seem to get around these - so please can someone 
> advise me what is a basically simple Windows task:
> 
> I want to write text, over & over again, into the same text box 
> controls, in different foreground OR background color without the 
> resources getting eaten up like they are when I use 
> setWindowBkColor() 
> and setText().
> 
> Anyone with a working technique (should be easy!!!) i will buy a beer 
> when I see them!
> 

Have you tried  setPenBkMode(id, OPAQUE) ?

This is supposed to cause the text to use the current background color. Of
course you have to use spaces to clear to end-of-line.

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Derek.

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