SetForegroundColour doesn't work on WinXP

JohnHo · Post by **JohnHo** » Wed May 11, 2005 5:34 pm

I discovered this 'feature':

wxCheckBox::SetForegroundColour() doesn't work on WinXP Home. The problem may exists for other controls as well, but I didn't test them.

The executable was generated on the same WinXP Home machine using Visual Studio C++ Prof. 6.0 and wxMSW 2.6.0.

Interestingly, when I copied that executable over to a Windows 2000 machine. It works correctly, including the check box text foreground colour change!!!

So much for XP being an upgrade of Win2K!

Post by **Jorg** » Wed May 11, 2005 8:31 pm

Maybe this has nothing to do with wxWidgets, but with the Win XP theme.

Have you tried disabling the windows XP theme and see if it does work? I noticed a lot of my controls don't show a focus in Win XP .. it seems to be related to the themes it uses..

Regards,
- Jorgen

JohnHo · Post by **JohnHo** » Thu May 12, 2005 1:43 pm

Thanks,
Turning off the XP theme worked for the colour changes. However, it didn't obey the sizing that I specified whereas it does under Win2k.

But one big issue resolved. Thanks Jorg!

Jorg wrote:Maybe this has nothing to do with wxWidgets, but with the Win XP theme.

Have you tried disabling the windows XP theme and see if it does work? I noticed a lot of my controls don't show a focus in Win XP .. it seems to be related to the themes it uses..

Regards,
- Jorgen