Visual C++ 6: bring controls to top.

salutations,

we are using Visual C++ 6.0, and we put several edit boxes on top of a Picture (Bitmap) control. but it is always on top, so we can't see the Edits.
is there any way to change this in the resource editor itself or by code?
we tried using BringWindowToTop, but it doesn't work the way we expect it to.
we also tried to cut the edit boxes and then paste them, so that they get to be on top, but it doesn't work. unfortunately, VC++ 6.0's Resource Editor doesn't have a "Bring to Front" and "Send to Back" button.

thank you in advance.

You want to change the 'z order'.

I use SetWindowPos() using HWND_TOPMOST with no move and no resize.

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Originally Posted by novacain

You want to change the 'z order'.

I use SetWindowPos() using HWND_TOPMOST with no move and no resize.

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thank you for the response. we had a look at MSDN and wrote it like this:
SetWindowPos(GetDlgItem(w, 1), HWND_TOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0, SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOSIZE);
for the item ID 1 in the dialog box w inside the WM_INITDIALOG message.
the control 1 is a static text.
but it didn't do anything. is there anything wrong with this?
thank you in advance.

static text controls do not respond to many msgs.

Send the picture to the bottom, not all the edits to the top.

In resource editor, do [ctrl]+[d]. this allows you to set the z-order of your controls.

Numbers will display above all the controls. Just click the controls in the order you want. Then do [ctrl]+[d] to return to normal mode.

thank you for the responses.
actually, the controls are not Statics, they are read-only Edits: our mistake.
we tried to send the picture to bottom, but it didn't work.
as for the ctrl+d suggestion, it actually put the Edits in the top of the bitmap, but, strangely enough, the compiled program still shows the bitmap on top of everything.
thank you in advance.

How are you displaying the bitmap? Is it set in the resource editor or are you doing it when the program runs?

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Originally Posted by DaveH

How are you displaying the bitmap? Is it set in the resource editor or are you doing it when the program runs?

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it is set in the resource editor.

If you remove the bitmap (or make the bitmap invisible by removing the WM_VISIBLE style) do the edits show up normally?

I do this all the time with a memory DC to draw the bitmap on the dialog/window in response to a paint msg, so I know it works.

This may not be an issue with your controls but an error in your callback, returning the wrong flag to a msg (ie returning false (null) to a WM_CTLCOLOR msg) or not passing an unhandled msg on to the default processing.