Windows - Redraw mainwindow and controls

[Nobody/Anonymous]

I am working on making my program fully color customizable through a dialoog where the user can choose color on a ChooseColor common dialog.

This color scheme is saved on COLORREF vars and later on a ini file.

Everything is working except for a weird bug: Whenever i set the color for a control, i have to minimize and restore the window in order for the color to show on the control.

What command do you think i should be using in order to update/fully redraw the window and its controls ?

[Nobody/Anonymous]

erm... did you try UpdateWindow(hwnd);???

Zero Valintine

I like the short answers..

[Nobody/Anonymous]

I did it doesnt work.
Thats weird hun? :(

[Nobody/Anonymous]

Maybe this will work..

// PAINTSRUCT ps;
// HDC hdc;

case WM_PAINT:
{
    hdc = BeginPaint(hWnd, &ps);
    InvalidateRect(hWnd, NULL, true);
    EndPaint(hWnd, &ps);
    break;
}

(in your windproc of course)

-Jay

[Nobody/Anonymous]

um jay, that can also casue bugs InvalidateRect(hWnd, NULL, TRUE);  is like SendMessage(hWnd, WM_PAINT,0,0);

try setting the colors in WM_PAINT

also depending on what control you want to colr you meay need to reference it though WM_CTLCOLORBTN: or WM_CTLCOLOREDIT: or WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC or WM_CTLCOLORDLG NB: wm_ctlcoloredit doesnt work with richedits

[Nobody/Anonymous]

Maybe there some way for me to ask windows to redraw just a specific hwnd and not the entire window and all its controls?