Thread: forcing window repainting after putting back caption

Hello,

so I learned how to take off caption after CreateWindowEx:

Code:

   DWORD styles;

   win32assert(thesquare->active, "square_setcaptionoff activity");

   styles = GetWindowLong(thesquare->hwnd, GWL_STYLE);
   styles &= ~(WS_CAPTION);
   SetWindowLong(thesquare->hwnd, GWL_STYLE, styles);

following that code is repainting, which works fine. However,

Code:

   styles = GetWindowLong(thesquare->hwnd, GWL_STYLE);
   styles |= WS_CAPTION;
   SetWindowLong(thesquare->hwnd, GWL_STYLE, styles);

   InvalidateRect(thesquare->hwnd, NULL, TRUE);
   SetWindowPos(thesquare->hwnd, NULL, 0,0,320,240, SWP_NOSIZE|SWP_NOMOVE|SWP_NOZORDER);

The above code tries to put back the caption bar. It doesn't repaint for some reason though, you have to drag the window first for the caption bar to appear..

This is how it's supposed to work from this tutorial.. I don't know why it doesnt work. Am I missing something? I thought the code is identical to the one from the tutorial, so it's strange and I'm stuck.

Please help, cheers

also, for some reason,

Code:

   styles = GetWindowLong(thesquare->hwnd, GWL_STYLE);
   styles |= WS_CAPTION;
   SetWindowLong(thesquare->hwnd, GWL_STYLE, styles);

   msgbox_alert("bang");

   InvalidateRect(thesquare->hwnd, NULL, TRUE);
   SetWindowPos(thesquare->hwnd, NULL, 0,0,320,240, SWP_NOSIZE|SWP_NOMOVE|SWP_NOZORDER);

calling a MessageBox function in between makes the title bar appear.. while the repaint code doesn't. Hrmm.. win32 is confusing..

I fixed the problem : seems like you needed to put UpdateWindow() on the end. I can't believe how stupid I was.. sorry for bothering you all