C / C++ / MFC

The brushes referred to are part of the dialog class and were created when the dialog constructor was called.

Override the OnDrawItem() method for your CDialog derived class using Class Wizard and add the following code, changing variable names as neccessary. It is important to note that a pointer to a CDC object from the handle of the DC passed in via the LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT is required, otherwise only the background of the text will be the desired color. 

        #define RED     RGB(255,0,0)
        #define YELLOW  RGB(255,255,0)
        #define MAGENTA RGB(255,0,255)
        #define WHITE   RGB(255,255,255)
        #define BLUE    RGB(0,0,255)
				
void CMFCTabCtrlDlg::OnDrawItem(int nIDCtl, LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT lpdis)
       {
          CDialog::OnDrawItem(nIDCtl, lpdis);

          char        szTabText[100];
          RECT        rect;
          UINT        bkColor;
          CBrush      *cbr;
          TC_ITEM     tci;

          CTabCtrl    *pTabCtrl = (CTabCtrl *)GetDlgItem(IDC_TAB1);

          if (pTabCtrl->m_hWnd == lpdis->hwndItem)
          {
              // which tab?
              switch (lpdis->itemID)
              {
              case 0:
                  cbr = &m_brRed;
                  bkColor = RED;
                  break;

              case 1:
                  cbr = &m_brYellow;
                  bkColor = YELLOW;
                  break;

              case 2:
                  cbr = &m_brMagenta;
                  bkColor = MAGENTA;
                  break;

              case 3:
                  cbr = &m_brWhite;
                  bkColor = WHITE;
                  break;

              case 4:
                  cbr = &m_brBlue;
                  bkColor = BLUE;
                  break;
              }

              memset(szTabText, '\0', sizeof(szTabText));

              tci.mask        = TCIF_TEXT;
              tci.pszText     = szTabText;
              tci.cchTextMax  = sizeof(szTabText)-1;

              pTabCtrl->GetItem(lpdis->itemID, &tci);

              CDC *dc = CDC::FromHandle(lpdis->hDC);

              dc->FillRect(&lpdis->rcItem, cbr);
              dc->SetBkColor(bkColor);

              TextOut(lpdis->hDC,
                      lpdis->rcItem.left,
                      lpdis->rcItem.top,
                      tci.pszText,
                      lstrlen(tci.pszText));
          }
       }

vikas choudhry wrote:

is there any API in Windows by which we do the needful.

static 	void C_FAR S_Win1_mousein L1(App1Win1Ptr, win)
{
	HANDLE  handle;
	ImagePtr image;
//	CImage m;
	//HCURSOR	handle;
	handle = LoadImage(0, "E:\images3.bmp", IMAGE_BITMAP, 0, 0, LR_LOADFROMFILE);
//	handle = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_CROSS);
	SetCursor( handle);	
	WGT_SetBgColor(win->SArea1,	COLOR_Red());


//m.Load(_T("E:\images3.bmp"));
//HBITMAP hbit=m.Detach();

}