C / C++ / MFC

CMenu* menu = GetMenu();
MENUINFO mInfo = {0};
mInfo.cbSize  = sizeof(MENUINFO);
mInfo.fMask   = MIM_APPLYTOSUBMENUS | MIM_BACKGROUND;
mInfo.hbrBack = CreateSolidBrush(RGB(0, 255, 0));
menu->SetMenuInfo(&mInfo);

ON_MESSAGE(WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC, &CMyDlg::OnCtlColorStatic)
...
LRESULT CMyDlg::OnCtlColorStatic(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
    HDC hDC = (HDC)wParam;
    //HWND hWnd = (HWND)lParam;

    LRESULT ret = Default();

    ::SetTextColor(hDC, RGB(0xFF,0x00,0x00)); // text color bright red

    return ret;
}

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++

// add to CMyWnd class
CBrush RedBrush;
...
// add to CMyWnd constructor
RedBrush.CreateSolidBrush(RGB(0xFF,0x00,0x00));
...
// add to CMyWnd class message map
ON_MESSAGE(WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC, &CMyWnd::OnCtlColorStatic)
...
LRESULT CMyWnd::OnCtlColorStatic(WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
    HDC hDC = (HDC)wParam;
    //HWND hWnd = (HWND)lParam;

    ::SetTextColor(hDC, RGB(0x00,0x00,0xFF)); // text color bright blue
    ::SetBkColor(hDC, RGB(0xFF,0x00,0x00));   // text background color bright red

    return (LPARAM)(HBRUSH)RedBrush;          // control background bright red
}

Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++

gethostname();
struct hostent *host = gethostbyname();
struct in_addr *ptr = (struct in_addr *) host->h_addr_list[0]
int octet = ptr->S_un.S_un_b.s_b4;