BUG: ChooseColor Dialog Box Quits When Edit Control Subclassed

 Last reviewed: December 14, 1995
Article ID: Q141202
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API) included with Microsoft Windows NT version 3.51

SYMPTOMS

When the ChooseColor() API is called to display the custom color selection dialog box in an application that is globally subclassing edit controls, an application error (The memory could not be read) occurs in the application.

CAUSE

Certain messages are sent to this dialog before WM_INITDIALOG. These messages manipulate the dialog's edit controls. However, these messages assume the standard system edit control and act accordingly, thus causing the problem.

RESOLUTION

To avoid this error, applications that use a global customized edit control should use a superclassed edit control.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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Last reviewed: December 14, 1995
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