Windows CE 1.0 MFC CFormView background color won't change

Hi!
I am trying to create a simple MFC app for WinCE1.0.

I created a single document form using CFormView. For some reason MFC makes this form white, which could be ok, except that the Static label gets a grey background and end up looking like this.

Things I have tried:
1. Set the static control to Transparent - nothing changed
2. Create a OnEraseBkgnd event handler with code as below - the event is triggered but view continues white.

 
BOOL CMFCFormViewView::OnEraseBkgnd(CDC* pDC)  

{ 

	CBrush backBrush(GRAY_BRUSH); 

        CRect rect; 

	pDC->GetClipBox(&rect);  

	pDC->FillRect(rect,&backBrush); 

	return TRUE; 

}

Any clue what could be wrong?





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CFormView.PNG (4KB - 1 downloads)

Are you using Visual C++ 6.0?

From my experience in using Embedded Visual Basic 3.0 long time ago, I remember the form color / label color is a little strange.
Can you try making the form gray instead?

I remember transparent didn't really work, but I'm not too sure because I don't have the environment.

-stingraze

Was Visual Studio C++ 5.0 the last version that supported CE 1.0?

Obviously what you suggested still stands, I just mean I'm not sure if 6.0 supported CE1.0

Edited by torch 2023-01-20 7:46 AM

It's different in EVB because you can change the background on the properties pages. The default background color of labels are shown different...
Anyway... in MFC did u try to overlay the form with a rectangle?
Long time ago I read that you need a class and iverride the background. Don't know..

The environment is Windows CE1 SDK + Visual C++ 5.0. VC++ 6 is not supported.

I tried using transparent label and tried making the form gray. That is what the OnEraseBkgnd was supposed to do. Just fill the client rectangle with gray brush.

I tried different brush colors, but nothing seems to work.

The event is triggered though.

Whats about thisbackground color

As I said...something with a class.

Can you post your full source?

According to MFC, CDC::FIllRect

From what I can see, GRAY_BRUSH is an index of SelectStockObject and not a COLORREF long int.

Also can't you use SetBkColor to do it?

I tried the sample code with the custom class CColorFormView. It does not work, plus the code actually do a similar thing that I attempted manually which is to implement the OnEraseBkgnd message handler. Again, its triggered, but it does not paint the screen. I am thinking something else comes after and repaint with white.

Attachment with full code.

 
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 

// CColorFormView message handlers 

void CColorFormView::SetBackgroundColor(COLORREF crBackground) 

{ 

	m_crBackground = crBackground; 

	 

	if(m_wndbkBrush.GetSafeHandle()) 

		m_wndbkBrush.DeleteObject(); 

 

	m_wndbkBrush.CreateSolidBrush(m_crBackground);  

} 

 

BOOL CColorFormView::OnEraseBkgnd(CDC* pDC)  

{ 

	CFormView::OnEraseBkgnd(pDC); 

 

	CRect rect; 

	GetClientRect(rect); 

 

	pDC->FillRect(&rect, &m_wndbkBrush); 

 

	return TRUE; 

}

Edited by wmundstock 2023-01-20 6:43 PM




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MFC FormViewExample.zip (0KB - 0 downloads)

"If you can't beat them, join tem."

Allright, I could not find a way to make the form gray, but I found a way to make the label white. Fair enough...

Even though the ClassWizard don't seem to offer the WM_CTLCOLOR message event handler, it is possible to manually add it and it works.

 
HBRUSH CMFCFormViewView::OnCtlColor( CDC* pDC, CWnd* pWnd, UINT nCtlColor ) 

{ 

	CBrush backBrush(RGB(255,255,255)); 

	if (nCtlColor == CTLCOLOR_STATIC) 

		return backBrush; 

	else 

		return CColorFormView::OnCtlColor(pDC,pWnd,nCtlColor); 

} 

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CFormViewResolved.PNG (4KB - 0 downloads)

Small correction to my own code.
Even though the MSDN documentation says I should return the brush my control should be painted with, this does not work. If you add anything that is not 255,255,255 for RGB it will set it to white anyway.

Documentation says I should set the background color and return the brush. The 2 code snippets below work:

This one will set the static to transparent which is what I needed.

	switch (nCtlColor) 
	{ 

		case CTLCOLOR_STATIC: 

			pDC->SetBkMode(TRANSPARENT); 

			return CColorFormView::OnCtlColor(pDC,pWnd,nCtlColor); 

			break; 

		default: 

			return CColorFormView::OnCtlColor(pDC,pWnd,nCtlColor); 

	}

This will set the static to any color you like:

	switch (nCtlColor) 

	{ 

		case CTLCOLOR_STATIC: 

			This would work too. 

			pDC->SetBkColor(GetSysColor(COLOR_WINDOW)); 

			return (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(NULL_BRUSH); 

			break; 

		default: 

			return CColorFormView::OnCtlColor(pDC,pWnd,nCtlColor); 

	}

Edited by wmundstock 2023-01-25 11:47 PM