Put a control (a CStatic or CEdit will do nicely) on the dialog as a place holder, sized correctly. We'll identify it as IDC_RICH. Then in OnInitDialog, get yourself a pointer to the control's window, get the control's style bits and rectangle, destroy the control, and create the CRichEditCtrl in its place.

void CMyDialog::OnInitDialog() { // Get a pointer to the place holder control. CWnd *pCtl = GetDlgItem(IDC_RICH); // If you use an edit control as place // holder, you can grab its styles. DWORD dwStyles = GetWindowLong(pCtl->m_hWnd, GWL_STYLE); // Get the place holder's position in the dialog. CRect rect; pCtl->GetWindowRect(&rect); ScreenToClient(&rect); // Kill the place holder control. pCtl->DestroyWindow(); // Create a new rich edit control with the same // style flags, rectangle, and identifier. m_MyRichEditCtl.Create(dwStyles, &rect, this, IDC_RICH); }

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