Thank you everyone for the replys. :) Sorry for the late reply.

@SARG ,
Thanks for this reply. Let me try. :)

Hi all, Forgive me if this question is already asked. I would like to know how to get the message time from the MSG structure in win32 Gui programming ? I just tried this in the " GetMessage" function. But since, it's a DWORD, i only get big number. TranslateMessage(imsg) DispatchMessage(i...

@paul doe ,
Thanks. :)

Hi all, I am playing with some win32 api gui code. Now, i would like to create a mouse click & double click event for my gui library. I've read that one would need to deal with four type of mouse messages to implement this feature. For a single click - WM_LBUTTONDOWN WM_LBUTTONUP And for a doubl...

I quit freebasic coding for about two years. But when i came back, what i can see is such great posts and comments. I feel sad that it's too late to read this. Thanks for this post.

@jj2007, At last, I found the problem !! It was the second parameter of the InvalidateRect() function. In wm_mousemove and wm_mouseleave msgs, i call this IvalidateRect with second parameter as "NULL". After a long time virtual debugging, i found that it accepts the rect of the control. No...

@jj2007, To be frank, I think i dont know. My drawing function takes only one parameter. It is an LPDRAWITEMSTRUCT . I know that the struct contains an hwndItem member. here is the pseudo code of this drawing function for clarity. 1. CButton is a User Defined Type. (Lets say a class) 2. This class h...

Hi all, I have two owner draw buttons. (lets say ODB ) I am using WM_DRAWITEM message to paint these buttons. this is the pseudo code if mouse is entered on the ODB invalidate the ODB if mouse leave from ODB invalidate the ODB In the WM_DRAWITEM message, i handled the drawing like this - if mouse is...

@Pierre Bellisle ,
Thanks for the reply. Thats a great help for me. Really a good workaround for TrackMouseEvent.

Hi all, In my gui code, I have subclassed all controls and used TrackMouseEvent function in order to get notified when mouse enters on all controls. So this is my question, is there any better method to get notified mouse enter and mouse leave events without using TrackMouseEvent function ? Thanks i...

Hi,
It worked in windows 8 x86 but same as @VANYA. Everything is in black backcolor.

@St_W,
Thanks, THat helped. And you are right. That link says nothing about creating a panel with win32.
BTW, Now, i am able to create a panel in my window. Next hurdle is to change the back color of that panel.

Thank you all for the answers. Let me try. First of all, i am going to read the web page which jj2007 suggested. By the way, @PaulSquires, I have tried with these styles- const PNL_STYLE : DWORD = WS_CHILD or WS_VISIBLE or WS_CLIPCHILDREN or WS_CLIPSIBLINGS const PNL_EX_STYLE : DWORD = WS_EX_CONTROL...

deltarho[1859] wrote:37 views and no response. I wonder if folks don't know what you mean by 'Panel control' - I don't.

Do you mean invoking the Control Panel programmatically?

Ha ha.. Jose said it. That's a container control.