Re: How to get XP style themed splitter bar ?

--- In [email protected], "Richard B." <dj_deipotent@...> wrote:
>
> I've been looking at Mike Dunn's CodeProject WTL Splitter Windows
> article (Part VII), and have been trying to replicate the look of the
> last window on the right under the section "Effects of
> WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE" (and just above the "Message routing" section).
> 
> Unfortunately, while other window elements are themed (eg. status bar,
> window resize grabber on bottom right of window), the splitter itself
> is not. I have tried various combinations of WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE on the
> different window, as explained in his article with no luck. The best I
> can do is create the splitters shown in the screenshots on the left of
> the page.
> 
> I used the WTL wizard to create a basic window without a view. I then
> followed his instructions and created a vertical splitter window, and
> put a rich edit control in each pane.
> 
> Any ideas on how to get the splitter window themed ?
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Richard B.
>

Hi Richard,

The problem is that the RichEdit Control itself is not theme aware as far as I understand it.

You might find this interesting:

http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/w-p/win32/tutorials/article.php/c8729

Hope this helps,

~Mike



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