Edit control with different text colors

[Shy]

I have an edit control I use as a log for my various application.

I want to be able to write certain lines in red text (errors) and others in blue (notification).

Is this possible?

When I use GUICtrlSetColor() it colors the entire text in the Edit control.

If it is not possible, is there anyway to color the background of just a single line?

If it is not possible, is there a "rich-text" control I can use and have this functionality?

Thank you in advance

[GEOSoft]

Help File >> User Defined Functions >> GUIRichText Management.

[Shy]

Help File >> User Defined Functions >> GUIRichText Management.

Should conclude from your reply there is not way to do it in the Edit control?

[GEOSoft]

Should conclude from your reply there is not way to do it in the Edit control?

Not in a simple edit control and that applies to any language that uses Edit controls. The coloring requires Rich-Edit.

[Shy]

Not in a simple edit control and that applies to any language that uses Edit controls. The coloring requires Rich-Edit.

Thanks a lot

[Shy]

When I use _GUICtrlRichEdit_SetCharColor() it colors the entire text in the control.

I could insert the new text using _GUICtrlRichEdit_AppendText() and then calculate the location and select and color just these specific text.

But, this method appears very bad in terms of performance and I was hoping you could point me to a better way to write the new line in a different color.

Thanks

[ds34]

When I use _GUICtrlRichEdit_SetCharColor() it colors the entire text in the control.

I could insert the new text using _GUICtrlRichEdit_AppendText() and then calculate the location and select and color just these specific text.

But, this method appears very bad in terms of performance and I was hoping you could point me to a better way to write the new line in a different color.

Thanks

Any solution for this?

[wraithdu]

Use a listview control and handle the NM_CUSTOMDRAW message: http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=65556&st=0&p=487264&#entry487264

Or use this UDF: http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=89654

[martin]

Any solution for this?

The text colour is applied to the selected text so if you want only certain cgaracters to be coloured then you must select them first.

[ds34]

The text colour is applied to the selected text so if you want only certain cgaracters to be coloured then you must select them first.

Thanks. I saw this solution being used in some post for Single Line. I tried with multiline but failed, the selection is going wrong. Since it appears to me to be a sw-problem I created http://www.autoitscript.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=109876

Edited February 11, 2010 by ds34