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Hi,

I have a CWnd custom control that paints its own.
My problem is that it does not ’blend’ with the background of the skinned dialogs.
What is the way to make such a control transparent?

Thanks.

You can use the following code in your WM_PAINT message handler to make your control’s background consistent with the current theme:

bool bTransparent = false;

if(                     (! bTransparent )

            &&        PmBridge_GetPM()->GetCb2DbTransparentMode(this)

            )

{

            CExtPaintManager::stat_ExcludeChildAreas(

                        dc,

                        GetSafeHwnd(),

                        CExtPaintManager::stat_DefExcludeChildAreaCallback

                        );

            if( PmBridge_GetPM()->PaintDockerBkgnd( true, dc, this ) )

                        bTransparent = true;

}

if( ! bTransparent )

            dc.FillSolidRect(

                        &rcClient,

                        PmBridge_GetPM()->GetColor( CExtPaintManager::CLR_3DFACE_OUT, this ) 

                        );

1. Your code has extra line between every row - please check.
2. My control is CWnd base - how do i make it know PmBridge_GetPM?
Thanks.

Thanks...
I managed myself ;-)
And it works.