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Is there a way to change the color of the background for a MDIParent windows in MFC (2005)?
I have tried intercepting ON_WM_CTLCOLOR AND ON_WM_ERASEBKGND but neither work. OnEraseBkgnd does work, but then it gets overwritten by the standard WM_CTL color.
Cheers
The CMDIFrameWnd is actually covered up by another window called the MDIClient window. Here is a Microsoft article on how to subclass this MDIClient window and change the background colour. I just tried it myself and it works great.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/129471