Hybrid Edit Control that Combines Prompt Text and Edit Control

Introduction

Rules for Display

Using the CGreyEdit Control

BOOL CGreyEdit::Init(UINT uiControlId, 
                     CWnd *pParent,
                     const char*lpszDefaultText,
                     COLORREF lBackgroundColor,
                     UINT uiAlignment)

• uiControlId - Resource ID of the edit control you want to subclass
• pParent - Parent window of the control
• lpszDefaultText - Default, or prompt text, to be displayed until control has focus or user has entered data into the control
• lBackgroundColor - This value defaults to COLOR_WINDOWTEXT and represents the controls background color
• uiAlignment - Valid values include TA_CENTER, TA_LEFT or TA_RIGHT. Defaults to TA_LEFT

To use the control, smply create a member variable of type CGreyEdit in your dialog or view class. Then call the object's Init function. Here's an example of doing this:

BOOL CGreyEditTestDlg::OnInitDialog()
{
 //...
 m_editName.Init(IDC_EDT_NAME, 
                 this, 
                 _T("Last Name, First Name"),
                 RGB(255,0,0));
 //...
}

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