Re: Transparent Radio Button
Ali's article and sample code may help you out:
http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/controls/staticctrl/datadisplaycontrols/article.php/c8829/
It's for a static control, but many of the challenges are the same.
Tom
"awarring" <awarring@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I'm trying to create a transparent radio button, so that it fits
cleanly into a dialog box that has a bitmap in the background. Here was
my first attempt after reading some ideas online:
BOOL CXTransButton::OnEraseBkgnd(CDC* pDC)
{
return TRUE;
}
HBRUSH CXTransButton::CtlColor(CDC* pDC, UINT nCtlColor)
{
pDC->SetBkMode(TRANSPARENT);
return (HBRUSH)GetStockObject(NULL_BRUSH);
}
Here is my message map:
BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CXTransButton, CButton)
ON_WM_ERASEBKGND()
ON_WM_CTLCOLOR_REFLECT()
END_MESSAGE_MAP()
All that happens is the entire radio button, except for the circle, is
black. Any ideas to throw me in the right direction would be greatly
appreciated. Thanks!
-Adam
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