Thread: background of dialogbox transparent.. why?

Hi, im having a problem with the background of a dialogbox from a resource script.

Those Control windows appear on the screen as they should, but the background window don't. Why is this happening?

Code:

IDD_ADDCLIENTFORM DIALOG 0, 0, 250, 244
STYLE DS_SYSMODAL | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_SHELLFONT | WS_CAPTION | //DS_CENTER | 
      WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD | WS_CLIPCHILDREN | WS_POPUP | WS_SYSMENU
CAPTION "Adicionar Cliente"
FONT 8, "Ms Shell Dlg"
{
    DEFPUSHBUTTON   "Add", IDOK, 131, 213, 45, 19
    PUSHBUTTON      "Cancel", IDCANCEL, 188, 212, 45, 19
    GROUPBOX        "Info", IDC_STATIC, 13, 33, 222, 97, 0, WS_EX_TRANSPARENT
    LTEXT           "no", IDC_STATIC, 25, 50, 23, 8, SS_LEFT
    EDITTEXT        IDC_EDIT1, 51, 49, 94, 12, ES_AUTOHSCROLL
    LTEXT           "Ape", IDC_STATIC, 25, 69, 24, 8, SS_LEFT
    EDITTEXT        IDC_EDIT2, 51, 68, 94, 12, ES_AUTOHSCROLL
    LTEXT           "Se", IDC_STATIC, 157, 50, 17, 8, SS_LEFT
    AUTORADIOBUTTON "M", IDC_RADIO1, 179, 51, 22, 8
    AUTORADIOBUTTON "F", IDC_RADIO2, 201, 51, 21, 8
    EDITTEXT        IDC_EDIT3, 62, 154, 81, 12, ES_AUTOHSCROLL | ES_NUMBER
    LTEXT           "Tel", IDC_STATIC, 24, 156, 34, 8, SS_LEFT
    COMBOBOX        IDC_COMBO1, 25, 106, 120, 15, CBS_DROPDOWN | CBS_HASSTRINGS
    CONTROL         "", IDC_DATETIMEPICKER1, DATETIMEPICK_CLASS, WS_TABSTOP | DTS_RIGHTALIGN, 67, 88, 78, 11
    LTEXT           "Nas", IDC_STATIC, 26, 88, 38, 8, SS_LEFT
    CONTROL         "", IDC_STATIC, WC_STATIC, SS_ETCHEDFRAME | SS_CENTERIMAGE, 156, 67, 62, 49, WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME | WS_EX_TRANSPARENT
    LTEXT           "Sem", IDC_STATIC, 171, 84, 29, 8, SS_LEFT
    EDITTEXT        IDC_EDIT4, 111, 11, 30, 12, ES_AUTOHSCROLL
    LTEXT           "Client", IDC_STATIC, 75, 13, 32, 8, SS_LEFT
    GROUPBOX        "Cont", IDC_STATIC, 14, 141, 222, 55, 0, WS_EX_TRANSPARENT
    LTEXT           "Em", IDC_STATIC, 26, 176, 18, 8, SS_LEFT
    EDITTEXT        IDC_EDIT5, 62, 174, 82, 12, ES_AUTOHSCROLL | ES_LOWERCASE
    AUTOCHECKBOX    "Pro?", IDC_CHECKBOX1, 160, 156, 55, 8
    AUTOCHECKBOX    "Pro?", IDC_CHECKBOX2, 160, 177, 55, 8
    LTEXT           "??", IDC_STATIC, 181, 13, 42, 8, SS_LEFT
}

Try removing the WS_EX_TRANSPARENT style from your controls.

If you need a control to be 'transparent' then adjust the z-order so the higher 'level' controls are drawn on top (or give these controls the TOPMOST style) or use ShowWindow() to hide it.

Other than that post the callback as this can be a paint / erase background issue.