1. RE: Win32Lib and Common Controls version 6
Brian Broker wrote:
> I've noticed some Common Control quirks when using an exw.exe.manifest
> file and Win32Lib. I'm trying to figure out how to fix it but maybe
> somebody has some suggestions. For an example of what I see running
> combo.exw see http://cnw.com/~bkb/Eu/combo.html.
Brian, I've looked into this thoroughly and haven't come up with much.
Here's something to consider (sorry about the mangled URL):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwxp/html/
xptheming.asp
I know all the ButtonBase controls (buttons, checkboxes, radios, groups,
etc.) have to have their FlatStyle property set to System, but I have no
idea how to accomplish this in Euphoria. As for DropDownLists, I don't know
what can be done.
Andrew
2. RE: Win32Lib and Common Controls version 6
Andrew Hall wrote:
>
>
> Brian Broker wrote:
> > I've noticed some Common Control quirks when using an exw.exe.manifest
> > file and Win32Lib. I'm trying to figure out how to fix it but maybe
> > somebody has some suggestions. For an example of what I see running
> > combo.exw see http://cnw.com/~bkb/Eu/combo.html.
>
> Brian, I've looked into this thoroughly and haven't come up with much.
> Here's something to consider (sorry about the mangled URL):
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwxp/html/
>
> xptheming.asp
>
> I know all the ButtonBase controls (buttons, checkboxes, radios, groups,
> etc.) have to have their FlatStyle property set to System, but I have no
> idea how to accomplish this in Euphoria. As for DropDownLists, I don't
> know
> what can be done.
>
> Andrew
Thanks Andrew,
I've been studying this info but still haven't come up with a solution.
I think that the FlatStyle property stuff is related to .NET (oop)
programming. But I'm still open to other suggestions...
-- Brian
3. RE: Win32Lib and Common Controls version 6
Brian Broker wrote:
> Thanks Andrew,
>
> I've been studying this info but still haven't come up with a solution.
> I think that the FlatStyle property stuff is related to .NET (oop)
> programming. But I'm still open to other suggestions...
I've been wondering (and researching) a way to change the FlatStyle (OOP)
property in win32lib. I thought maybe there's a flag that can be set with
the Flags or ExFlags in a createEx(), but I haven't found it.
Andrew
4. RE: Win32Lib and Common Controls version 6
>From: Brian Broker <bkb at cnw.com>
>Reply-To: EUforum at topica.com
>To: EUforum at topica.com
>Subject: Win32Lib and Common Controls version 6
>Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 20:24:21 +0000
>
>I've noticed some Common Control quirks when using an exw.exe.manifest
>file and Win32Lib. I'm trying to figure out how to fix it but maybe
>somebody has some suggestions. For an example of what I see running
>combo.exw see http://cnw.com/~bkb/Eu/combo.html.
>
I think this is caused by Win32lib catching the WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC=20
message and returning a value that would make it transparent. I tried=20
EuWinGUI, and it doesn't have some weird redraw problems. I think this has=
=20
to do with it /not/ processing the message. I remember this used to happen=
=20
with RadioButtons, eg, on Groups. There are no such problems in EuWinGUI.=
=20
This is really a bug in Windows. There are some weird things with=20
TabControls, too, like this: http://www.codeproject.com/wtl/ThemedDialog.as=
p=20
and this (but only .NET)=20
http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/themedtabpage.asp
>Thanks,
>-- Brian
>
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5. RE: Win32Lib and Common Controls version 6
>From: Andrew Hall <barnacle83-euforum at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: EUforum at topica.com
>To: EUforum at topica.com
>Subject: RE: Win32Lib and Common Controls version 6
>Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 17:08:55 -0700
>
>Brian Broker wrote:
> > Thanks Andrew,
> >
> > I've been studying this info but still haven't come up with a solution.
> > I think that the FlatStyle property stuff is related to .NET (oop)
> > programming. But I'm still open to other suggestions...
>
>I've been wondering (and researching) a way to change the FlatStyle (OOP)
>property in win32lib. I thought maybe there's a flag that can be set with
>the Flags or ExFlags in a createEx(), but I haven't found it.
>
FlatStyle is not Windows. It is .NET only. ButtonBase is Windows Forms.
Windows controls have other styles, like BS_FLAT for buttons.
>Andrew
>
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6. RE: Win32Lib and Common Controls version 6
As I had suspected, if you comment out the WM_CTLCOLOREDIT and
WM_CTLCOLORLISTBOX handlers, there is no longer that black box drawing
problem on combo boxes (with Common Controls 6.) You could probably comment
out the WM_CTLCOLORBTN and WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC, but those have more chance of
having a different colour set up...
~[ WingZone ]~
http://wingzone.tripod.com/
7. RE: Win32Lib and Common Controls version 6
>From: Elliott Sales de Andrade <quantum_analyst at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: EUforum at topica.com
>To: EUforum at topica.com
>Subject: RE: Win32Lib and Common Controls version 6
>Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 18:24:37 -0400
>
> As I had suspected, if you comment out the WM_CTLCOLOREDIT and
>WM_CTLCOLORLISTBOX handlers, there is no longer that black box drawing
>problem on combo boxes (with Common Controls 6.) You could probably comment
>out the WM_CTLCOLORBTN and WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC, but those have more chance of
>having a different colour set up...
>
Oh, I forgot... That still doesn't fix the problem with Radio Buttons in
groups, even with all WM_CTLCOLOR* message handler commented out.
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8. RE: Win32Lib and Common Controls version 6
Elliott Sales de Andrade wrote:
> FlatStyle is not Windows. It is .NET only. ButtonBase is Windows Forms.
> Windows controls have other styles, like BS_FLAT for buttons.
Oops, OK. This is why I'm not a real GUI programmer! :D
Andrew
9. RE: Win32Lib and Common Controls version 6
Elliott S. de Andrade wrote:
>
>
> As I had suspected, if you comment out the WM_CTLCOLOREDIT and
> WM_CTLCOLORLISTBOX handlers, there is no longer that black box drawing
> problem on combo boxes (with Common Controls 6.) You could probably
> comment
> out the WM_CTLCOLORBTN and WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC, but those have more chance
> of
> having a different colour set up...
>
> ~[ WingZone ]~
> http://wingzone.tripod.com/
Thanks, that's at least a start... just commenting the
WM_CTLCOLORLISTBOX by itself seems to fix the dropdown portion.
Commenting WM_CTLCOLOREDIT gets rid of the black line under the text in
the actual control.
I did read the following but wasn't sure what to change in Win32Lib:
A combo box in a version 3.x application uses the WM_CTLCOLORLISTBOX
message to retrieve the text and background colors. In a version 4.0 or
later application, a combo box uses the WM_CTLCOLOREDIT or
WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC message instead.
Derek, if this doesn't break anything else, can we eliminate these
handlers?
-- Brian
