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Discussions tagged with static control on WindowsForum.com focus on customizing the appearance and behavior of static controls in Windows applications using the Win32 API. Topics include subclassing static controls to draw custom borders and background colors, handling messages like WM_PAINT and WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC, and integrating with rich edit controls. Code examples in C++ demonstrate techniques for modifying static control visuals, often in the context of dialog boxes or custom window procedures. These threads are relevant for developers working with native Windows UI programming.
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    Windows 11 Drawing a border and background color with a handle to a window.

    ``` #include <Windows.h> #include <Richedit.h> HWND hwnd; HWND panel; HWND richEdit; WNDPROC oldStaticProc; int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE, HINSTANCE, PSTR, int); LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProcedure(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam); LRESULT CALLBACK StaticProc(HWND hwnd, UINT...
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    • background border drawing c++ control handling device context error handling event gdi graphics message loop opengl paint handling rich edit static control user interface window procedure window resizing windows api wm_paint
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    • Forum: Programming and Scripting
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