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Hi,
I have some problem using some static controls with dockable windows.
I’m writing a SDI app using your library.
I build (with the resource editor ) a dialog window containing some controls.

I declared in the main Frame a
CExtControlBar m_wndResizableBar1;
then I attack to it the dialog window.
All works good but when I added a group box and a simple label I found a bad graphic effect. The background of both controls is white and, if I move the window around, it is draw even worst.
(I’m using the 2003 style)
I’m tryng your library from 3 days so, probably, I’m missing someting. I searched a lot on the web but I didn’t found anything either on your forum and on codeproject.

I also tried to subclass the CExtButton but the Static control has a border and seems that is not possible to obtain a groupbox (the BS_GROUPBOX is ignored?).
I see that you have used without problem these controls on your sample app ProfUIS_Controls so I really don’t know what is wrong.

Sorry for the very long post and thank you.
Francesco

P.S. Your library is very very cool!!

OK I solved the problem with the label. I set the FLAT property and now it’s shown without the border... :)

Dear Francesco,

To change the FLAT style of the button you should use CExtButton::SetFlat( BOOL bFlat ) method.

Unfortunately, the group-box is not a good control for using with resizable dialog. It intersects with the controls inside its area. This makes group-box incompatible with any flicker-free windows (usually based on the double-buffered paiting algorithm) like CExtResizableDialog.

Please take a look at the latest Microsoft’s applications (any Visual Studio .NET or Office XP/2003). They have no group-boxes inside control bars or inside any resizable windows. But you can find an embossed horizontal lines with the text similar to group-box’s top line.

Best regards, Sergiy.