Graying the Text of a Button or Static Text Control

 Last reviewed: November 2, 1995
Article ID: Q39480
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 3.0 and 3.1
  • Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API) included with: 

        - Microsoft Windows NT versions 3.5 and 3.51
    - Microsoft Windows 95 version 4.0

A control is a child window that is responsible for processing keyboard, mouse, focus, and activation messages, among others. A control paints itself and processes text strings. The color of the text in a button or static text control is automatically changed to gray when the control is disabled with the EnableWindow function. However, If an application subclasses a control to process WM_PAINT messages for the control, the application can use the GrayString function to change the text color.

Additional reference words: 3.00 3.10 3.50 4.00 95 grey
KBCategory: kbui
KBSubcategory: UsrCtl

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Last reviewed: November 2, 1995
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