Windows provides us with a message called WM_CTRLCOLORDLG which helps us in changing background color of a dialog. If we are handling this message then we need to return brush which is used for drawing background color. This means we can provide custom brushes. Don’t forget that we’ve got maintain such custom brushes since these are […]
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How to make tab control pages transparent while using XP themes?
Having trouble with tab control pages’ gray background while using XP themes? Well to solve this problem we need to do some additional housekeeping(AFAIK)… Add a message map entry for WM_CTLCOLOR… [sourcecode language=’cpp’]BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CTabPage, CDialog) ON_WM_CTLCOLOR() END_MESSAGE_MAP()[/sourcecode] Override OnCtlColor and add following code… [sourcecode language=’cpp’]HBRUSH CTabPage::OnCtlColor( CDC* pDC_i, CWnd* pWnd_i, UINT uCntrlType_i ) { // First […]
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