SAMPLE: Changing Background and Text Color of Message Box

Last reviewed: February 15, 1996
Article ID: Q99808
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows, version 3.1

MSGCOLOR is a file in the Microsoft Software Library that demonstrates how to change the background and text color of a message box by subclassing the message box.

The MSGCOLOR sample implements the ColorMessageBox() function, which creates a message box whose background and text color can be changed. The function subclasses the message box and processes WM_CTLCOLOR to modify the colors. Subclassing the message box requires obtaining the window handle of the message box. The window handle is obtained using a WH_CBT hook. The hook is called when the message box is created, and provides access to the window handle.

Download MSGCOLOR.EXE, a self-extracting file, from the Microsoft Software Library (MSL) on the following services:

  • Microsoft Download Service (MSDL)

          Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
          Download MSGCOLOR.EXE (size: 23860 bytes) 
    
  • Internet (anonymous FTP)

          ftp ftp.microsoft.com
          Change to the \SOFTLIB\MSLFILES directory
          Get MSGCOLOR.EXE (size: 23860 bytes) 
    


Additional reference words: 3.10 softlib MSGCOLOR.EXE
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Last reviewed: February 15, 1996
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