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From: Lance Wynn on 19 Aug 2007 11:40 I have to take it back, I tried it again, and it worked without modifying the code. Perhaps I copied it wrong the first time I tried it. Anyway, it works on an XP Machine running in a VM without any problem now. "Lance Wynn" <LanceWynn(a)community.nospam> wrote in message news:uCYZGbh4HHA.4476(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > It didn't work on my system either. I am running XP in a VM, but, if I > use an ocx control to make an entire form transparent that I had lying > around from a long time ago, that works fine. But it won't work if I pass > it the hWnd of a control on the form. > > It must be something with the graphics card.. >
From: Mike Williams on 19 Aug 2007 12:37 "DanS" <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t(a)a.d.e.l.p.h.i.a.n.e.t> wrote in message news:Xns9991697B08FACthisnthatadelphianet(a)216.196.97.142... > OK, I'm back with some more experimenting (was testing for an > hour)......The deal is, for some reason in the IDE, I never see the > WM_CTLCOLORLISTBOX message sent to the LB parent, > Picture1. Spy++ never sees this notification. I was thinking maybe > it had something to do with my shell not being explorer, Possibly. In your previous responses you said you were using XP SP1 but made no mention of a different shell and I assumed you were using a standard XP setup. What are you actually using? > so i decided to try it on the wife's PC. VS is not installed there, > so I compiled and ran it there, and it worked fine. Good. One down, one to go ;-) > Hmmm. Run the compiled one on this PC and it works as well. > Odd that that msg wouldn't be sent in the IDE. Nice one ;-) So it works, when compiled, on your own non standard shell machine too. > Sorry for all the trouble guys. That's okay. No problem. These things make life interesting ;-) And Lance has just reported that it works on his machine as well (the only other machine on which it originally did not work). He thinks he might have copied the code wrongly when he initially tried it. So, it seems to be working on all machines now ;-) Mike
From: Mike Williams on 19 Aug 2007 12:48 "DanS" <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t(a)a.d.e.l.p.h.i.a.n.e.t> wrote in message news:Xns9991697B08FACthisnthatadelphianet(a)216.196.97.142... .. . . incidentally, something I never pointed out in my post (although I made a small comment about it in the example code) you can make the "translucent colour" anything you wish. It doesn't need to be white. For example, if you want to use white text in the ListBox you can make the translucent colour black and set your desired degree of translucency, guaranteeing that all of the text can be seen regardless of the colour of the underlying picture at that point. And, of course, you can use red or yellow or blue or any other colour you wish. Mike
From: DanS on 19 Aug 2007 13:08 "Mike Williams" <mikea(a)whiskyandCoke.com> wrote in news:#STUO9n4HHA.5804(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl: > That's okay. No problem. These things make life interesting ;-) And > Lance has just reported that it works on his machine as well (the only > other machine on which it originally did not work). He thinks he might > have copied the code wrongly when he initially tried it. So, it seems > to be working on all machines now ;-) > > Mike Any idea why the msg wouldn't be sent in the IDE ? DanS
From: Mike Williams on 19 Aug 2007 13:22
"DanS" <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t(a)a.d.e.l.p.h.i.a.n.e.t> wrote in message news:Xns999186A342AA8thisnthatadelphianet(a)216.196.97.142... > Any idea why the msg wouldn't be sent in the IDE ? Not at the moment. Many things work differently in the IDE than when compiled, for various reasons as I'm sure you already know, but it is usually consistent and usually for a specific reason. But in this specific case yours appears to be the only machine out of the dozen or so machines on which the code has been tried that has the IDE problem. It isn't a real problem of course, because the compiled exe works fine on your machine, but it's interesting nonetheless. Is there anything out of the ordinary about your setup? Mike |