Thread: Change ListBox border color... how?

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    Red face Change ListBox border color... how?

    I'm making a ownerdraw ListBox:
    Code:
    hListBox = CreateWindowEx(NULL, "LISTBOX", NULL, LBS_HASSTRINGS|LBS_OWNERDRAWFIXED|LBS_NOINTEGRALHEIGHT|LBS_NOTIFY|WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE|WS_BORDER, 5, 5, 150, 150, hWndParent, (HMENU)1201, g_hInst, NULL);
    I'm attempting to change to color of the border in WM_CREATE
    Code:
    RECT r;
    			GetWindowRect(hListBox, &r);
    			HDC hdc = GetDC(hListBox);
    			FrameRect(hdc, &r, GetSysColorBrush(COLOR_INFOBK));
    			ReleaseDC(hListBox, hdc);
    Any ideas...?
    I try this on my WM_DRAWITEM but no luck

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    GetWindowRect returns the window dimensions in screen coordinates, not client coordinates as you seem to require - use GetClientRect for that. In any event, your window doesn't have any extended style 'edges' - it's all client area. You also don't need to use GetDC - the lParam passed to your WM_DRAWITEM handler should be cast to a DRAWITEMSTRUCT pointer and its hDC member variable used instead.
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    Thanks... will test

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