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Hello,

I have a view that contains CExtTabPageContainerFlatWnd. Inside one of the tabs ("All Units") I have an embedded CWnd window (since I need to paint it by a device context) and that is a problem: I don’t know how to make the backround color of the CWnd consistent to the selected theme of ProfUIS. Please see attached example that demostrates the problem:

In this case I am running LunaBlue so I would like to have the backround color similar to the rest o the app (blue color). I tried to rename the CWnd to CExtWS < CWnd > the get the Profuis theme support but nothing has changed.

What am I doing wrong?

thanks,
krompo

it works, thanks!

krompo

There is no solid background color in most of the themes. The Office 2003/2007 and Visual Studio 2005/2008 themes, a non-linear gradient background is used and in ProfSkin-based themes, bitmaps are used. You should let the paint manager paint the background of your window in this way:

#if (!defined __EXT_MEMORY_DC_H)
      #include <../Src/ExtMemoryDC.h>
#endif
 
void CYourWnd::OnPaint() 
{
ASSERT_VALID( this )
CPaintDC dcPaint( this );
CRect rcClient;
      GetClientRect( &rcClient );
      if( rcClient.IsRectEmpty() || (! dcPaint.RectVisible( &rcClient ) ) )
            return;
CExtMemoryDC dc( &dcPaint, &rcClient );
      CExtPaintManager::stat_ExcludeChildAreas(
            dcPaint.GetSafeHdc(),
            GetSafeHwnd()
            );
      if(         (! g_PaintManager->GetCb2DbTransparentMode( this ) )
            ||    (! g_PaintManager->PaintDockerBkgnd( true, dc, this ) )
            )
            dc.FillSolidRect(
                  &rcClient,
                  g_PaintManager->GetColor(
                        CExtPaintManager::CLR_3DFACE_OUT,
                        this
                        )
                  );
}