EM_SETBKGNDCOLOR Message

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The EM_SETBKGNDCOLOR message sets the background color for a rich edit control.

Syntax

To send this message, call the SendMessage function as follows.

lResult = SendMessage(
    // returns LRESULT in lResult
   (HWND) hWndControl,
    // handle to destination control
   (UINT) EM_SETBKGNDCOLOR,
    // message ID
   (WPARAM) wParam,
    // = (WPARAM) () wParam;
   (LPARAM) lParam
    // = (LPARAM) () lParam;

);

Parameters

wParam

Specifies whether to use the system color. If this parameter is a nonzero value, the background is set to the window background system color. Otherwise, the background is set to the specified color.

lParam

A COLORREF structure specifying the color if wParam is zero. To generate a COLORREF, use the RGB macro.

Return Value

This message returns the original background color.

Message Information

Header	Declared in Richedit.h
Minimum operating systems	Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0

See Also

Rich Edit Controls, COLORREF, RGB