link color

[Camel]

anybody know how to set the color of links in an rtb using EM_AUTODETECTURL?

[ILurker]

While your on this topic, Anyone know how to make the links clickable?, I mean like i can click on them, and the hand mouse icon appears, but nothing executes

[Etheran]

Camel:
first off send the EM_SETCHARFORMAT message

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lResult = SendMessage(      // returns LRESULT in lResult    
(HWND) hWndControl,      // handle to destination control    
(UINT) EM_SETCHARFORMAT,      // message ID    
(WPARAM) wParam,      // = (WPARAM) () wParam;    
(LPARAM) lParam      // = (LPARAM) () lParam;
);

specify the SCF_ALL bit for wParam and create a CHARFORMAT2 struct for lParam.  In your CHARFORMAT2 struct don't forget to set the CFE_LINK bit for dwEffects

More information at:
EM_SETCHARFORMAT:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/commctls/richedit/richeditcontrols/richeditcontrolreference/richeditstructures/charrange.asp

CHARFORMAT2 struct:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/commctls/richedit/richeditcontrols/richeditcontrolreference/richeditstructures/charformat2.asp

[Camel]

eh?

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   Dim cf2 As CHARFORMAT2
   With cf2
       SendMessage txtChat.hwnd, EM_GETCHARFORMAT, SCF_ALL, cf2
       .dwEffects = .dwEffects Or CFE_LINK
       .crTextColor = vbWhite
       .crBackColor = vbRed
       .cbSize = Len(cf2)
       SendMessage txtChat.hwnd, EM_SETCHARFORMAT, SCF_ALL, cf2
   End With


[Etheran]

should work.. does it?

[Camel]

nope, links are still black

[Skywing]

nope, links are still black

Try removing the CFE_AUTOCOLOR effects bit.  A word of caution, however: IIRC, RichEdit gets the link colors from some user preference setting somewhere, so you should probably ask the user if it's OK to override what they have set for everything else.

[Zorm]

I also attempted this with no luck, anyone have any other ideas?

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              CHARFORMAT2 cf;
   cf.cbSize = sizeof(CHARFORMAT2);
   SendMessage(chat,EM_GETCHARFORMAT,SCF_ALL,(LPARAM)&cf);
   cf.dwEffects = CFE_LINK;
   cf.dwMask = CFM_LINK | CFM_COLOR;
   cf.crTextColor = 0xFFFFFF;
   SendMessage(chat,EM_SETCHARFORMAT,SCF_ALL,(LPARAM)&cf);


[FyRe]

For an odd reason some Windows XP Themes change the color of the link.  I know the Silver theme does and the other two do not.

[haZe]

For an odd reason some Windows XP Themes change the color of the link.  I know the Silver theme does and the other two do not.

The other two being regular and olive.

[Camel]

found it. "window text" in effects w/ windowblinds, i'm too lazy to figgure out what it is w/o

[Mesiah / haiseM]

For an odd reason some Windows XP Themes change the color of the link.  I know the Silver theme does and the other two do not.

yes, but as skywing said, there is a default color some place you can set for all un-named richedit control's, thats why he warned about overriding it for other programs...