BUG: Disabled RTF Displays Wrong Color

ID: Q240886

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK)
Microsoft Windows 2000

SYMPTOMS

When a Rich Text Format (RTF) control is disabled, by using EnableWindow(hwnd,FALSE), although the control's background color is set to a color other than the default (by using EM_SETBKGNDCOLOR), the default background color of the control is displayed.

CAUSE

This is caused by a bug in the EnableWindow API function.

RESOLUTION

There are two ways to work around this problem:

Use SetWindowLong to add the WS_DISABLED style.

Use an EM_SETREADONLY or EM_SETOPTIONS message.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbWinOS2000 kbWinOS2000bug kbRichEdit kbDSupport
Version : WINDOWS:
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug