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Re: Alternating colors in List?

• Posted by 1evan at sbcglobal.net Jun 07, 2003
• 407 views

Thanks, I thought that was the case, but was hoping somebody had found 
an easier way.

Derek Parnell wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <1evan at sbcglobal.net>
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> Subject: Alternating colors in List?
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>>Is it possible to have the background of alternating lines in a list be
>>alternating colors?  This would make reading the contents easier.
>>Or even have the lines of text be in alternating colors.
>>
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> The default list box that comes with Windows does not support this. To get
> this effect you have to have an 'owner-drawn' control. This means that your
> application is responsible for look of the control WIndows sends your
> application messages when the control or parts of it need redrawing.
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> This is not a trival thing to do. One day I'll see what can be done to make
> it easier for win32lib applications.
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> Derek.
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