Buttons over a static control

I'm having trouble to put two buttons over a static control, because I need a special color for that static control...
right now all my dialog background is white, with:

Code:

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case WM_CTLCOLORDLG:
{return (BOOL)GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH);}

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Now for the static background

Code:

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case WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC:
{
if (hwControl == GetDlgItem(hwndDlg,IDC_FRAMEBUTTON))
{
SetBkMode(hdc,TRANSPARENT);
return (BOOL)GetStockObject(DKGRAY_BRUSH);
}
return (BOOL)GetStockObject(NULL_BRUSH);
}

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But the static is over the button, I need the opposite, the button over the static...any ideas?

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Originally Posted by Joelito

I'm having trouble to put two buttons over a static control, because I need a special color for that static control...
right now all my dialog background is white, with:

Code:

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case WM_CTLCOLORDLG:
{return (BOOL)GetStockObject(WHITE_BRUSH);}

---

Now for the static background

Code:

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case WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC:
{
if (hwControl == GetDlgItem(hwndDlg,IDC_FRAMEBUTTON))
{
SetBkMode(hdc,TRANSPARENT);
return (BOOL)GetStockObject(DKGRAY_BRUSH);
}
return (BOOL)GetStockObject(NULL_BRUSH);
}

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But the static is over the button, I need the opposite, the button over the static...any ideas?

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Yep... don't overlap windows controls with anything but a GROUPBOX. When the static control gets WM_PAINT it will draw right over the buttons...

The solution is to use a GROUPBOX (The button control style with the line around it and a title string)... which is specifically designed as a background for buttons and other controls. It should also be the window parent for any controls you place inside it.

To control it's colour you catch WM_CTLCOLORBUTTON and check it's handle before providing a brush.

The hdc for WM_CTLCOLOR<whatever> is in the WPARAM and the LPARAM has the control's handle. And, this message needs a data return so don't cast the return to (BOOL) just return the brush.

To check for the correct control you should use ...

Code:

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if ((HWND) WPARAM == GetDlgItem(hwndDlg,IDC_FRAMEBUTTON))

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Substitute whatever varable name you gave the WPARAM... of course.

@CommonTater: But is a dialog...all the controls have the dialog hwnd as parent :(

So... try it with the groupbox and leave the parent windows alone... see what happens. I do groupboxes in dialogs a lot (take a peek at the software on my website) and they work just fine with the Dialog as parents. It's when you start stacking other kinds of controls you have to get a bit fancy...

Have you tried using SetWindowPos() [in the init/create handler] to ensure that the controls have the required z-order?