Set background color of a control? (WinAPI)

How can I set the backcolor of a control (equivilant of control.backcol开发者_如何学Goor in .Net). I tried setBKColor with no luck.

ex: TabHwnd = createWindowEx(NULL,WC_TAB....

then how could I set the back color of TabHwnd?

Thanks

Windows will generate a message when it's painting the background of a control, and it is up to your program to respond to the message appropriately.

• WM_CTLCOLORBTN
• WM_CTLCOLOREDIT
• WM_CTLCOLORDLG
• WM_CTLCOLORLISTBOX
• WM_CTLCOLORSCROLLBAR
• WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC

I know this question is old, but perhaps this answer will still help some others.

What worked for me was to return a hollow brush for the background color messages. For example:

switch (msg) {
  case WM_CTLCOLORDLG:
    return (INT_PTR)GetStockObject(HOLLOW_BRUSH);
  case WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC:
    return (INT_PTR)GetStockObject(HOLLOW_BRUSH);
}

Also, you don't need to worry about deleting the "brushes" created by GetStockObject.

Try subclassing (see SetClassLong) and process WM_ERASEBKGND