@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.

Hi all,
I am trying to create a panel control, but i cant find any help related to it from web. How to create a panel control with CreateWindowex ?

@ D.J.Peters, Thanks for the reply. Bu i think i am having hard time. I can send the wm_user message to parent window. Parent is receiving that too, but parent is not calling WM_DRAWITEM after that. I have wrote code to change the button backcolor in WM_DRAWITEM handler. Specially when (itemState an...

Hi all, I have an owner draw button. Now, i want to draw a rectangle (or change the back color of the button) when user moves mouse pointer in the button rect. And of course, i want to delete it in the mouse leave event. This button is a subclassed one. So i can get the mouse move and mouse leave ev...

Hi, i have some questions about this gradient button. Are you there ?

@jj2007,
Thanks a lot. :)

Hi all, I am playing with some win api gui code. I am sorry because, this code is not in FB, but in Nim. But i am sure that this question is related to WinAPI and language is not a problem. Thats why i am asking here. I have GUI and WndProc function. For an experiment, i just re arrange my wndproc a...