SetGadgetTextColor in Window Statusbar

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Chalky

(Posted 2010) [#1]

SetGadgetTextColor does not seem to work on labels if they are parented to a window's status bar:

SuperStrict

Import maxgui.drivers

Extern "win32"
	Function SetParent:Int(hWndChild:Int,hWndNewParent:Int)
End Extern

SetGraphicsDriver D3D7Max2DDriver()

Local hLabel:Int
Local hStatus:Int

Local wndMain:TGadget=CreateWindow("My App",200,100,500,400,,WINDOW_TITLEBAR|WINDOW_RESIZABLE|WINDOW_STATUS|WINDOW_CLIENTCOORDS)
Local lblPOS:TGadget=CreateLabel("",1,3,92,18,wndMain,LABEL_SUNKENFRAME)
Local lblCAP:TGadget=CreateLabel("CAPS",ClientWidth(wndMain)-130,3,40,18,wndMain,LABEL_SUNKENFRAME|LABEL_CENTER)
Local lblNUM:TGadget=CreateLabel("NUM",ClientWidth(wndMain)-90,3,30,18,wndMain,LABEL_SUNKENFRAME|LABEL_CENTER)
Local lblSCR:TGadget=CreateLabel("SCRL",ClientWidth(wndMain)-60,3,40,18,wndMain,LABEL_SUNKENFRAME|LABEL_CENTER)
' build status bar
SetGadgetTextColor(lblCAP,255,0,0)
SetGadgetTextColor(lblNUM,0,255,0)
SetGadgetTextColor(lblSCR,0,0,255)
'Rem -> The enclosed code stops SetGadgetTextColor working...
hStatus=TWindowsWindow(wndMain)._status
hLabel=QueryGadget(lblPOS,QUERY_HWND)
SetParent(hLabel,hStatus)
hLabel=QueryGadget(lblCAP,QUERY_HWND)
SetParent(hLabel,hStatus)
hLabel=QueryGadget(lblNUM,QUERY_HWND)
SetParent(hLabel,hStatus)
hLabel=QueryGadget(lblSCR,QUERY_HWND)
SetParent(hLabel,hStatus)
'EndRem
SetGadgetLayout(lblPOS,EDGE_ALIGNED,EDGE_CENTERED,EDGE_ALIGNED,EDGE_CENTERED)
SetGadgetLayout(lblCAP,EDGE_CENTERED,EDGE_ALIGNED,EDGE_ALIGNED,EDGE_CENTERED)
SetGadgetLayout(lblNUM,EDGE_CENTERED,EDGE_ALIGNED,EDGE_ALIGNED,EDGE_CENTERED)
SetGadgetLayout(lblSCR,EDGE_CENTERED,EDGE_ALIGNED,EDGE_ALIGNED,EDGE_CENTERED)

Repeat
	WaitEvent()
	Select EventID()
	Case EVENT_WINDOWCLOSE
		Exit
	End Select
Forever
End

The above code displays the labels in black, unless the SetParent calls are commented out - in which case the labels are parented to the window and correctly change colour.

What I am trying to do is permanently display the NUMLOCK, INSERT and CAPSLOCK key status in the window's status bar, but render them in grey if they are not active, and black if they are. Am I doing something wrong or is this not possible to do with MaxGUI?

jsp	(Posted 2010) [#2]

Am I doing something wrong or is this not possible to do with MaxGUI?

Not directly wrong, but not supported.