Microsoft KB Archive/39480

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HOWTO: Gray Text of Subclassed Button or Static Text Control

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Q39480

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK)
 * Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK)

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SUMMARY
A control is a child window that is responsible for processing keyboard, mouse, focus, and activation messages, among others. A control paints itself and processes text strings. The color of the text in a button or static text control is automatically changed to gray when the control is disabled with the EnableWindow function. However, If an application subclasses a control to process WM_PAINT messages for the control, the application can use the GrayString function to change the text color.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbButton kbCtrl kbOSWinNT kbOSWin2000 kbStaticCtrl kbGrpDSUser kbOSWin

Issue type : kbhowto

Technology : kbWin32SDKSearch kbAudDeveloper kbSDKSearch kbWin32sSearch kbWinSDKSearch