Send WM_CTLCOLOREDIT not WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC messages to parent of a

controls/edit.c

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "debugtools.h"
 #include "callback.h"
 #include "tweak.h"
+#include "winversion.h"
 
 DECLARE_DEBUG_CHANNEL(combo)
 DECLARE_DEBUG_CHANNEL(edit)
@@ -3103,7 +3104,8 @@ static LRESULT EDIT_WM_EraseBkGnd(WND *wnd, EDITSTATE *es, HDC dc)
 	HBRUSH brush;
 	RECT rc;
 
-        if (!es->bEnableState || (es->style & ES_READONLY))
+        if ( VERSION_AppWinVer() >= 0x40000 &&(
+                    !es->bEnableState || (es->style & ES_READONLY)))
                 brush = (HBRUSH)EDIT_SEND_CTLCOLORSTATIC(wnd, dc);
         else
                 brush = (HBRUSH)EDIT_SEND_CTLCOLOR(wnd, dc);
@@ -3710,7 +3712,8 @@ static void EDIT_WM_Paint(WND *wnd, EDITSTATE *es, WPARAM wParam)
 	}
 	if (es->font)
 		old_font = SelectObject(dc, es->font);
-        if (!es->bEnableState || (es->style & ES_READONLY))
+        if ( VERSION_AppWinVer() >= 0x40000 &&(
+                    !es->bEnableState || (es->style & ES_READONLY)))
                 EDIT_SEND_CTLCOLORSTATIC(wnd, dc);
         else
                 EDIT_SEND_CTLCOLOR(wnd, dc);

include/winversion.h

@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@ typedef enum
 extern WINDOWS_VERSION VERSION_GetVersion(void); 
 extern char *VERSION_GetVersionName(void); 
 extern BOOL VERSION_OsIsUnicode(void);
+extern DWORD VERSION_AppWinVer(void);
 
 #endif  /* __WINE_WINVERSION_H */

misc/version.c

@@ -317,6 +317,32 @@ WINDOWS_VERSION VERSION_GetVersion(void)
 	return pdb->winver;
 }
 
+/**********************************************************************
+ *         VERSION_AppWinVer
+ * Returns the window version in case Wine emulates a later version
+ * of windows then the application expects.
+ * 
+ * In a number of cases when windows runs an application that was
+ * designed for an earlier windows version, windows reverts
+ * to "old" behaviour of that earlier version.
+ * 
+ * An example is a disabled  edit control that needs to be painted. 
+ * Old style behaviour is to send a WM_CTLCOLOREDIT message. This was 
+ * changed in Win95, NT4.0 by a WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC message _only_ for 
+ * applications with an expected version 0f 4.0 or higher.
+ * 
+ */
+DWORD VERSION_AppWinVer(void)
+{
+    WINDOWS_VERSION ver = VERSION_GetVersion();
+    DWORD dwEmulatedVersion=MAKELONG( VersionData[ver].getVersionEx.dwMinorVersion, 
+                    VersionData[ver].getVersionEx.dwMajorVersion);
+    /* fixme: this may not be 100% correct; see discussion on the
+     * wine developer list in Nov 1999 */
+    DWORD dwProcVersion = GetProcessVersion(0);
+    return dwProcVersion < dwEmulatedVersion ? dwProcVersion : dwEmulatedVersion; 
+}
+
 
 /**********************************************************************
  *         VERSION_GetVersionName