Re: tooltip paint problem in win8.1

well replacing WM_PAINT is the ultimate custom draw :)
 it works without a glitch for all pre-8 windows. I believe whatever the fault is must be something with layered windows and how they are handled with all the "optimizations" windows do internally 
  
 it would be nice to have a "compatibility mode" so that controls will draw as they used to... perhaps I'll try SetWindowTheme and see if it helps