Re: how can I programmatically reapply the desktop settings

From:
=?Utf-8?B?VG8gT2xkIFRvIC4gLiAu?= <ToOldTo@discussions.microsoft.com>
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microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Mon, 12 Mar 2007 23:22:00 -0700
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I am still new to this, but does this look correct?

BOOL WINAPI RedrawWindow( HWND hwnd, const RECT *rect, HRGN hrgn, UINT flags )
{
    BOOL ret;
    if (!hwnd) hwnd = GetDesktopWindow();
    /* check if the window or its parents are visible/not minimized */
    if (!WIN_IsWindowDrawable( hwnd, !(flags & RDW_FRAME) )) return TRUE;
    /* process pending events and messages before painting */
                 ... if (flags & RDW_UPDATENOW)
        MsgWaitForMultipleObjects( 0, NULL, FALSE, 0, QS_ALLINPUT );
    if (TRACE_ON(win))
    {
        if (hrgn)
        {
            RECT r;
            GetRgnBox( hrgn, &r );
            TRACE( "%p region %p box %s ", hwnd, hrgn, wine_dbgstr_rect(&r) );
        }
        else if (rect)
            TRACE( "%p rect %s ", hwnd, wine_dbgstr_rect(rect) );
        else
            TRACE( "%p whole window ", hwnd );
        dump_rdw_flags(flags);
    }
    if (rect && !hrgn)
    {
        ret = redraw_window_rects( hwnd, flags, rect, 1 );
    }
    else if (!hrgn)
    {
        ret = redraw_window_rects( hwnd, flags, NULL, 0 );
    }
    else /* need to build a list of the region rectangles */
    {
        DWORD size;
        RGNDATA *data = NULL;
        if (!(size = GetRegionData( hrgn, 0, NULL ))) return FALSE;
        if (!(data = HeapAlloc( GetProcessHeap(), 0, size ))) return FALSE;
        GetRegionData( hrgn, size, data );
        ret = redraw_window_rects( hwnd, flags, (RECT *)data->Buffer,
data->rdh.nCount );
        HeapFree( GetProcessHeap(), 0, data );
    }
    if (flags & RDW_UPDATENOW) update_now( hwnd, flags );
  
    else if (flags & RDW_ERASENOW) erase_now( hwnd, flags );
    return ret;
}

"Tom Serface" wrote:

If I were you I'd try to figure out why your application is affecting the
desktop at all, but you could just do a RedrawWindow() call on the desktop
window GetDesktopWindow(). I don't know if that would reapply the settings,
but it would cause it to redraw the icons and background.

Tom

"To Old To . . ." <ToOldTo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E3D1B641-23D5-4B6F-BF3F-444C9E447F4F@microsoft.com...

When I exit my application, the desktop background is grayed out. If I go
to
properties > desktop and hit apply the desktop is back. How can I
programmatically reapply the desktop settings when my program exits?

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