How to change color of edit box dynamically

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I want to change background color and text color of the edit box dynamically when certain condition is met.

WM_CTLCOLOR function we can set color at creation of edit box

but how to change color of edit box dynamically if certain condition is met

Thanks in advance

Posted 11-Jul-13 2:26am

Vaibhav Gupt

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2013-07-11T02:36:00

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Respond to the WM_CTLCOLOREDIT message[^] as described.

Posted 11-Jul-13 2:36am

Richard MacCutchan