here is what i do: 
my $tc = Wx::TextCtrl->new( $window1, -1, '', [450,15], [229,300], wxT
+E_READONLY|wxTE_RICH|wxALL);

my ( $red, $green ) = ( Wx::Colour->newRGB( 255, 0, 0 ), Wx::Colour->n
+ewRGB( 0, 90, 0 ) );

if ( $md5s =~ $md5 ) {
            my $style = Wx::TextAttr->new();
            $style->Wx::TextAttr::SetTextColour($green);
            $tc->SetStyle( -1, -1, $style );
            $tc->WriteText("$file  |  $filesize\n");
        }
        else {
            my $style = Wx::TextAttr->new();
            $style->Wx::TextAttr::SetTextColour($red);
            $tc->SetStyle( -1, -1, $style );
            $tc->WriteText("$file | $filesize\n");
        }

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I dont know if that will help much, but maybe it will help enough!

EDIT: I think this is might be for TextCtrl. I am sure you can do it with static text though. I look through my code.

EDIT2: Here I found something:

my $static_text = Wx::StaticText->new( $window, -1, "Current File:", [
+ 5, 355 ]);
$static_text->SetForegroundColour( Wx::Colour->new(255, 0, 0) );

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And it does indeed work. This turned the static text "Current File:" red. Deleting the SetForegroundColour line returns it to black.

In reply to Re: Changing font colour in a Wx StaticText or Button by james28909
in thread Changing font colour in a Wx StaticText or Button by stevieb

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