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Hi all,

I would like to use the XP style but with the same effect of disabled buttons in toolbars and menus used in 2003 style (grayed buttons). There is a way to do that?

One more question: If we don’t call the method DockControlBar for the menu bar, when we restore and maximize the main window, the menu bar is not updated and the buttons minimize, restore and maximize don’t disappear.

thanks a lot, Paula.

Dear Paula,

To use the XP-like style with disabled alpha icons, just derive your own class from CExtPaintManagerXP and override two its methods:

class CMyPaintManager : public CExtPaintManagerXP
{
public:
    double GetIconAlphaAdjustPercent() const
    {
        return 0.70; // 70% enlighten
    }
    COLORREF GetIconAlphaColor() const
    {
        COLORREF clrAlpha =
            ( const_cast < CMyPaintManager * >
                    ( this ) )
                -> GetColor( COLOR_3DFACE );
        return clrAlpha;
    }
};

g_PaintManager.InstallPaintManager( new CMyPaintManager );
 

LRESULT CExtMenuControlBar::WindowProc(
    UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
LRESULT lResult =
        CExtToolControlBar::WindowProc(
            message,wParam,lParam);
    switch( message )
    {
    case WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGED:
    case WM_SIZE:
        if( m_pDockContext == NULL )
        {
            Invalidate();
            UpdateWindow();
        } // if( m_pDockContext == NULL )
        break;
    } // switch( message )
    return lResult;
}

thank a lot. but, the non-updated solution didn’t work.

bes regards,

Paula.

Dear Paula,

What do you mean by "the non-updated solution"?