Thread: I wanna draw the caption, dammit!

Hello,

I'm trying to write my own versions of the WM_NCPAINT, WM_NCHITTEST and other associated nonclient area messages in order to create a custom title bar for my program. The thing is, it seems whenever I send WM_SETTEXT to my window it likes to use the DrawCaption function and undo all my lovely (Yes, really) work.

Obviously I would like to replace WM_SETTEXT so it can't attempt the unsightly drawing operation, but I don't know how to maintain its functionality (Where is a window's text stored?). Little help?

But I need to update the window's caption on the taskbar as well (It's a media player, so the caption's updated every second to display the current track time), unless there's a way to draw to the taskbar button?!?

>>SetWindowText<<

From msdn:

If the target window is owned by the current process, SetWindowText causes a WM_SETTEXT message to be sent to the specified window or control

Weeeeelllllll, I know I could do that, but then time is wasted in Windows drawing the caption itself and then me going over it. I suppose it'll have to do (But will look icky on slower computers).