Check Box Color Problem

[paul51]

I am trying to change color of a check box control several times in my program. I am using the following code:

HBRUSH CColortestDlg::OnCtlColor(CDC* pDC, CWnd* pWnd, UINT nCtlColor)
{
HBRUSH hbr = CDialog::OnCtlColor(pDC, pWnd, nCtlColor);

if(pWnd==GetDlgItem(IDC_CHECK1))
{
pDC->SetTextColor(RGB(0,0,1750));
}
//this is set at some later time to change the color of the check box to green.
if(color_bit == 0)
{

if(pWnd==GetDlgItem(IDC_CHECK1))
{
pDC->SetTextColor(RGB(0,255,0));
}
}
}

This does change the color during initialization of the program, but I cannot call the function OnCtlColor whenever I want in order to change the text color. Does anyone know hte command to repaint the dialog, or how I can call the OnCtlColor class?

 

[BlackDice]

what about Invalidate() or RedrawWindow()

BlackDice

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[paul51]

Hello BlackDice,

Invalidate(TRUE) works properly. Thank you for your help. I greatly appreciate it!