Re: SS_RIGHT and SS_OWNERDRAW

From:

"AliR $VC++ MVP$" <AliR@online.nospam>

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microsoft.public.vc.mfc

Date:

Fri, 5 Dec 2008 14:48:05 -0600

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It depends on the control, obviously you wouldn't want to do custom drawing
in an ListBox or combobox by overriding OnPaint.

As far as flicker goes, there shouldn't be any difference, between were you
do it. As long as you double buffer, you are good to go.

AliR.

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"AliR $VC++ MVP$" <AliR@online.nospam> wrote:

I guess when you specify SS_OWNERDRAW you can't specify any other
type. I can see the logic behind that, a little.
I had never ran into that since I alway override the OnPaint method
when I custom draw static controls.

I also always used OnPaint() to do custom drawing, but recently I read (I
believe it was at CodeProject) that DrawItem() is actually the preferred
way of doing custom drawing. I don't remember exactly why. I have
noticed
that I've had much better luck with eliminating flicker using a double-
buffered approach in DrawItem() than when I used OnPaint(). But that
could
definitely be the result of a poor understanding of the OnPaint() method
on
my part.