Wapi

[nabeels786]

wow, i decided to learn the windows API instead of using MFC, i picked it up pretty quick...and i like it better than MFC. the widnow creation is abit of a pain in the ass..but i got winsock working

now for my question..
i have:
wcxMain.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH) LTGRAY_BRUSH;

i can't figure out the "normal" gray background color, either i get too light or too dark. ive tried out all the constants listed..any idea?

[ISquishWorms]

As far as I know windows only defines six brushes these are:

WHITE_BRUSH
BLACK_BRUSH
GRAY_BRUSH
LTGRAY_BRUSH
DKGRAY_BRUSH
NULL_BRUSH

If you need any other colours you will need to create your own.

HBRUSH hBrush = NULL;
hdc = BeginPaint(hwnd, &ps);
hBrush = CreateSolidBrush(RGB(0,255,0);  // Create solid green brush
SelectObject (hdc, hBrush);
EndPaint(hwnd, &ps);
DeleteObject (hBrush) ;

Don't forget to delete the brush once your finished with it to avoid a resource leak.

[nabeels786]

Oh ok..thanks. Do you know maybe where I can get the RPG values for normal window?

[ISquishWorms]

There are however several system colours that windows uses you could try this. I think that the system colours can be changed by users using windows settings not sure though, just keep that in mind.

hBrush = CreateSolidBrush (GetSysColor(COLOR_APPWORKSPACE));

or

hBrush = CreateSolidBrush (GetSysColor(COLOR_BACKGROUND));

COLOR_BACKGROUND = RGB(00,80,80)
COLOR_APPWORKSPACE = RGB(80,80,80)

[nabeels786]

Yeah I was about to post I tried those too, heres the ones:

COLOR_ACTIVEBORDER
COLOR_ACTIVECAPTION
COLOR_APPWORKSPACE
COLOR_BACKGROUND
COLOR_BTNFACE
COLOR_BTNSHADOW
COLOR_BTNTEXT
COLOR_CAPTIONTEXT
COLOR_GRAYTEXT
COLOR_HIGHLIGHT
COLOR_HIGHLIGHTTEXT
COLOR_INACTIVEBORDER
COLOR_INACTIVECAPTION
COLOR_MENU
COLOR_MENUTEXT
COLOR_SCROLLBAR
COLOR_WINDOW
COLOR_WINDOWFRAME
COLOR_WINDOWTEXT


None of them are the right color...either too light or dark

[CornedBee]

When using the constants
WHITE_BRUSH
BLACK_BRUSH
GRAY_BRUSH
LTGRAY_BRUSH
DKGRAY_BRUSH
NULL_BRUSH
you have to do
wcxMain.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(constant);

When using the COLOR_* constants you have to do
wcxMain.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)(COLOR_* + 1);

[ISquishWorms]

Nabeels786, you should feel privileged you have one of the experts around here helping you now. I tried to help but CornedBee will probably be able to give you the answer that you seek (he’s pretty clever you know). He helps me a lot.

[HairyDave]

And me quite a few times. I try my best, but these youngsters seem to know what they're doing better than me

HD

[CornedBee]

On the downside, I don't have a life

[nabeels786]

Originally posted by CornedBee
When using the constants
WHITE_BRUSH
BLACK_BRUSH
GRAY_BRUSH
LTGRAY_BRUSH
DKGRAY_BRUSH
NULL_BRUSH
you have to do
wcxMain.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(constant);

When using the COLOR_* constants you have to do
wcxMain.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)(COLOR_* + 1);

Yeah I got those working, but I can't seem to find the correct shade of gray

Thanks for helping all I guess I'll just go with my lighter gray background, doesn't matter all too much anyway

[parksie]

You want COLOR_BTNFACE. That gives the standard background grey colour.

[nabeels786]

Originally posted by parksie
You want COLOR_BTNFACE. That gives the standard background grey colour.

I tried that, I get black

[parksie]

Uh. Hmm. Try COLOR_BTNFACE + 1.

[CornedBee]

A rather dark shadde of grey would be (COLOR_APPWORKSPACE + 1), which is the background color of MDI windows.

[ISquishWorms]

Looks to me like you now have two experts trying to help you out.

[nabeels786]

Originally posted by parksie
Uh. Hmm. Try COLOR_BTNFACE + 1.

I still got black


COLOR_APPWORKSPACE + 1 worked. Thanks guys