Colored Static Controls

Description

• Standard CStatic properties
• Customizable background color
• Customizable text color
• Background color can blink
• Text can blink
• Notification message can be sent on rising blinks
• Written in Visual C++ v5.0
• Full source code included!
• It's free!

How to integrate CColorStaticST in your application

   ColorStaticST.h
   ColorStaticST.cpp

   CColorStaticST m_stcDanger;

   // Call the base method
   CDialog::OnInitDialog();

   // Create the IDC_DANGER text
   m_stcDanger.SubclassDlgItem(IDC_DANGER, this);

   // Change the text color to White
   m_stcDanger.SetTextColor(RGB(255, 255, 255));
   // Change the background color to Green
   m_stcDanger.SetBkColor(RGB(0, 255, 0));

   // Set blink colors for text
   m_stcDanger.SetBlinkTextColors(RGB(128, 0, 0), RGB(255, 255, 255));
   
   // Set blink colors for background
   m_stcDanger.SetBlinkBkColors(RGB(128, 0, 0), RGB(255, 0, 0));

   // Start text blinking
   m_stcDanger.StartTextBlink(TRUE, CColorStaticST::ST_FLS_FAST);

   // Start background blinking
   m_stcDanger.StartBkBlink(TRUE, CColorStaticST::ST_FLS_FAST);

   // Enable notification message
   m_stcDanger.EnableNotify(this, WM_USER + 10);

CColorStaticST members

• crTextColor
  The new text color

COLORREF GetTextColor();
Get current text color
Example:
COLORREF crRetValue = m_stcDanger.GetTextColor();

void SetBkColor(COLORREF crBkColor = 0xffffffff);
Set color for background (when not blinking)
Input values:

• crBkColor
  The new background color

COLORREF GetBkColor();
Get current background color
Example:
COLORREF crRetValue = m_stcDanger.GetBkColor();

void SetBlinkTextColors(COLORREF crBlinkTextColor1, COLORREF crBlinkTextColor2);
Set colors for text (when blinking)
Input values:

• crBlinkTextColor1
  Text color for blink OFF state
• crBlinkTextColor2
  Text color for blink ON state (rising blink)

void StartTextBlink(BOOL bStart = TRUE, UINT nElapse = ST_FLS_NORMAL);
Start/stop text blinking
Input values:

• bStart
  TRUE starts blinking
  FALSE stops blinking
  
• nElapse
  Defines the text blinking intervall. Possible values are:
  ST_FLS_SLOW (2000 ms)
  ST_FLS_NORMAL (1000 ms)
  ST_FLS_FAST (500 ms)
  

void SetBlinkBkColors(COLORREF crBlinkBkColor1, COLORREF crBlinkBkColor2);
Set colors for background (when blinking)
Input values:

• crBlinkBkColor1
  Background color for blink OFF state
• crBlinkBkColor2
  Background color for blink ON state (rising blink)

void StartBkBlink(BOOL bStart = TRUE, UINT nElapse = ST_FLS_NORMAL);
Start/stop background blinking
See StartTextBlink for possible input values
Example:
m_stcDanger.StartBkBlink(TRUE, CColorStaticST::ST_FLS_FAST);
m_stcDanger.StartBkBlink(TRUE, 250); // To blink with custom intervall
m_stcDanger.StartBkBlink(); // To stop blinking

void EnableNotify(CWnd* pParent = NULL, UINT nMsg = WM_USER);
Enable/Disable sending notification message on rising blinks
Input values:

• pParent
  Parent window of the static text
• nMsg
  Message to send

static const short GetVersionI()
static const char* GetVersionC()
Return CColorStaticST version
Example:
int nVer = CColorStaticST::GetVersionI(); // Divide by 10 to get actual version
char szVer[20];
strcpy(szVer, CColorStaticST::GetVersionC());

Download the demo project (99Kb).

History

• CColorStaticST v1.0
  First release

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