Summary

Synopsis

This article lists the Windows APIs needed to enable or disable a dialog control.

Discussion

To get the handle to the control use the following function:

 /*GetDlgItem returns the handle to the control*/
hCtrl = GetDlgItem(hwndDlg, nDlgItem); 

To enable or disable the control use the following function:

 /*EnableWindow will enable or disable the control. */
/* What you want to do dictates whether the parameter is TRUE or FALSE.*/
bResult = EnableWindow(hCtrl, FALSE);

Additional Information

For more information on the APIs used, see the MSDN Library articles GetDlgItem and EnableWindow.