Giuseppe "Cowo" Corbelli ...

This is a rough and working implementation that relies on WM_CTLCOLOR message handling. Comments are in Italian but code is so stupid that I think even a spider could understand it.

License is LGPL

Header file

/** \file
  \date $Date: 2007/01/10 17:09:43 $
  \version $Revision: 1.1 $
  */

#ifndef __IPAQ_CLIENT_COLOR_BUTTON_H
#define __IPAQ_CLIENT_COLOR_BUTTON_H

#include <afxwin.h>

/** Subclass del pulsante standard che 
  permette una colorazione personalizzabile */
class CColorButton : public CButton
{
public:
  CColorButton();
  /** Specifica il colore in fase di creazione */
  CColorButton(COLORREF color);
  virtual ~CColorButton();

  /** Ignoro il secondo parametro. Spero che arrivi 
    sempre il CTLCOLOR_BTN */
  afx_msg HBRUSH CtlColor (CDC* pDC, UINT nCtlColor);

protected:
  COLORREF m_Color;
  CBrush m_BackBrush;

  DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()

  DECLARE_DYNAMIC(CColorButton)
};

#endif //__IPAQ_CLIENT_COLOR_BUTTON_H

Source file

/** \file
  \date $Date: 2007/01/10 17:09:43 $
  \version $Revision: 1.1 $
*/

#include "stdafx.h"
#include "ColorButton.h"

IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC(CColorButton, CButton)

CColorButton::CColorButton()
{
    m_Color = ::GetSysColor(COLOR_WINDOW);
    m_BackBrush.CreateSolidBrush(m_Color);
}

CColorButton::CColorButton(COLORREF color) :
    m_Color(color),
    m_BackBrush(color)
{}

CColorButton::~CColorButton()
{}


BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CColorButton, CButton)
    ON_WM_CTLCOLOR_REFLECT()
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

HBRUSH CColorButton::CtlColor(CDC* pDC, UINT nCtlColor)
{
    return (HBRUSH)m_BackBrush;
}