how to change WinForm controls' text color programatically?

Question

Can anybody tell me how to change WinForm controls' text color programatically? I have no problem finding the fields to assign colors to, but the compiler doesn't recognize any color I mention, whether it's something like WindowText, or something like Red.

BTW, I'm using VC# Express 2008.

Aleksandar Ilioski · Answer

Hi again You're rignt if the textBox is readOnly it does't chage the foreColor. I have 2 solutions for you :) (easy way) use label instead of readOnly textBox as I can see everything is same the only diference is you can't select label;s text and you can do that on the textBox's text... (hard way) you need to write another class that inherits from System.Windows.Forms.TextBox and make some changes and use it instead of regular textbox like this: class mojTextBox :System.Windows.Forms. TextBox { protected override void OnPaint(System.Windows.Forms. PaintEventArgs e) { SolidBrush drawBrush = new SolidBrush (ForeColor); //Use the ForeColor property //Draw string to screen. e.Graphics.DrawString(Text Font drawBrush 0f 0f); //Use the Font property } public mojTextBox() { this .SetStyle(System.Windows.Forms. ControlStyles .UserPaint true ); //InitializeComponent(); } } here you can read something about it: http://www.syncfusion.com/FAQ/windowsforms/faq_c94c.aspx#q866q Hope this will solve your problem. I think that you should use label instead of textBox

Bob Lewiston · Answer

attention Aleksandar Ilioski: Here's what I discovered through trial and error: it turns out that when a TextBox's ReadOnly property is set to true (as this one was) the Text property can be modified but the ForeColor property can't. I even tried it in two different programs. It has been suggested that this sounds like a bug in .Net. I wonder if it's just a problem with my particular installation of VC# Express 2008. Anyway here's the form1.cs for a little test program that produces the error at least on my computer. It's just a WinForm with one button and one TextBox. using System; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace ChangeTextColor2 { public partial class TestForm : Form { public TestForm () { InitializeComponent (); textBox1.Text = This is the original text.; } private void btn_Click (object sender EventArgs e) { textBox1.Text = Now the text should be turned red.; textBox1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red; } } }

Aleksandar Ilioski · Answer

hm ..can you produce some pice of code about your problem? put this.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red; before the assinging the string I can't help you like this give me some code...(some example you don't have the same code if you don't want to)

Bob Lewiston · Answer

attention Aleksander Ilioski: Yes I think that answers my question about how to get the compiler to recognize the color I want: by saying this .ForeColor = System.Drawing. Color .Red instead of this .ForeColor = Red; but it doesn't change the color of the text already displayed even when I reassign the string displayed to the text field of the control. Can you tell me how to make the control redisplay the text in the new color?

Aleksandar Ilioski · Answer

this .ForeColor = System.Drawing. Color .Red; // is this what you are lookng for?

Aleksandar Ilioski · Answer

what text color do you want to chage? the one in the windowName or what?