WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC for child controls

[alexbnc]

Hello world!
I am trying to change the text and background color of a STATIC control. As long as the controls is created as a child of the main window, the WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC message is sent correctly and the color is changed. If I change its parent (I create it as a child of another static) the WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC no longer receives its ID and the color doesn't change.

I have this

case WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC:
    if((HWND)lParam == my_static_child) {
        SetTextColor((HDC)wParam, RGB(111, 63, 0));
    }
    return (LONG)GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH);
break;

It seems like the WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC is sent only for the main window and its first level controls. I should also specify that the parent STATIC control does not contain text, it's just like a panel with a black border. What would you do to make this work? Thanks!

[webJose]

Only the parent window receives the notification. That is no secret as stated in MSDN. You can always subclass the static control that serves as parent.

[alexbnc]

Yes, it is what I did, subclass the parent control. Thanks!