Re: Using SetWindowTheme with CCustomDraw

"dmagn25" <dmagn25-/[email protected]> writes:

> Is there anyway to use the theme with custom draw? (i'm only drawing
> the text and icons, I want the background/selection colors to be the
> same as in explorer's theme) - or am I doing something totally wrong?

Use CTheme (from atltheme.h) to manage the theme data.
Use theme.OpenThemeData(hWnd,L"Explorer") to load the theme data and
theme.CloseThemeData() to free it when you're done.

Then you can use the member functions like theme.DrawThemeBackground()
and theme.DrawThemeText() to draw your control.

Anthony
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