PRB: SDK Sample Applications Use Incorrect Background Brush

ID Number: Q71146

3.00

WINDOWS

Summary:

SYMPTOMS

Many of the sample applications that come with the Windows Software

Development Kit (SDK) use a stock object white brush for the window

background color. When the system background color is changed

through the Control Panel, the backgrounds of these sample

applications do not change along with the other applications.

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem, change the value of the hbrBackground

field in the WNDCLASS structure from GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH) to

COLOR_WINDOW+1. The background of each modified sample will change

with that of every other Windows application.