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Weird static control/dialog box issue...

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15 comments, last by jwezorek 13 years, 11 months ago
I am having some trouble with static text in dialog boxes under Windows. If I use CreateDialog with a pointer to a dialog proc or if I use DialogBox I get this: (Wrong) However, if I use CreateDialog with NULL in place of the dialog proc, I get this: (Correct) I'm going to need a dialog proc. Why is this happening and how do I stop it? There should not be a white box behind the text. I've scoured MSDN, but there is no mention of this. There is precious little information available on the static text control period. Any ideas?

No, I am not a professional programmer. I'm just a hobbyist having fun...

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Well, show your dialog proc code. You're probably returning TRUE when you should be returning false for WM_ERASEBKGND.

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Are you drawing the labels "Deadhead Miles ..." etc. using the function TextOut?
If so, I have had this problem, you need to set the background as transparent.
use SetBkMode(hdc, TRANSPARENT);

If those labels are static controls like CreateWindowEx(0,"Static","Deadhead Miles",...); then I am not sure but there maybe a Flag you can use like SS_TRANSPARENT or something to make the background transparent, but I never get a white background when I use static controls.
Check the flags you have for the static control, something like the below would intentionally create the error you are getting...

CreateWindowEx(0,"Static","DeadheadMiles",WS_BORDER|WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE|SS_WHITERECT,x,y,100,20,...);
How do you create the text? Are you creating windows (static controls)? If so then there shouldn't be a difference, regardless of the fact if its a modeless or modal dialog.
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What Endurion said ... make sure you aren't calling DefWindowProc from your dialog procedure or something like that. Otherwise, we need to see code.

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I'm using a dialog template created with a resource editor.

DRIVER_DLOG DIALOG 0, 0, 370, 150STYLE DS_SETFONT | WS_BORDER | WS_POPUP | WS_VISIBLE | WS_SYSMENU | WS_CAPTION CAPTION "Edit Driver Information..."FONT 10, "MS SHELL DLG"BEGIN  CONTROL "OK",IDOK,"BUTTON",BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON |BS_VCENTER |BS_CENTER |WS_CHILD |WS_TABSTOP |WS_VISIBLE ,100,125,50,14  CONTROL "Cancel",IDCANCEL,"BUTTON",BS_PUSHBUTTON |BS_VCENTER |BS_CENTER |WS_CHILD |WS_TABSTOP |WS_VISIBLE ,220,125,50,14  CONTROL "Single",3,"BUTTON",BS_RADIOBUTTON |BS_LEFT |WS_CHILD |WS_TABSTOP |WS_VISIBLE ,220,80,50,14  CONTROL "Married",4,"BUTTON",BS_RADIOBUTTON |BS_LEFT |WS_CHILD |WS_TABSTOP |WS_VISIBLE ,275,80,60,14  CONTROL "",5,"EDIT",ES_AUTOHSCROLL |ES_LEFT |WS_CHILD |WS_TABSTOP |WS_VISIBLE | WS_BORDER,60,8,200,13  CONTROL "0.00",6,"EDIT",ES_AUTOHSCROLL |ES_RIGHT |WS_CHILD |WS_TABSTOP |WS_VISIBLE | WS_BORDER,110,48,40,13  CONTROL "0.00",7,"EDIT",ES_AUTOHSCROLL |ES_RIGHT |WS_CHILD |WS_TABSTOP |WS_VISIBLE | WS_BORDER,110,63,40,13  CONTROL "0.00",8,"EDIT",ES_AUTOHSCROLL |ES_RIGHT |WS_CHILD |WS_TABSTOP |WS_VISIBLE | WS_BORDER,110,78,40,13  CONTROL "0.00",9,"EDIT",ES_AUTOHSCROLL |ES_RIGHT |WS_CHILD |WS_TABSTOP |WS_VISIBLE | WS_BORDER,110,93,40,13  CONTROL "Driver Name:",10,"STATIC",SS_SIMPLE | SS_LEFT |WS_CHILD |WS_GROUP | WS_VISIBLE,10,10,44,10  CONTROL "0",11,"EDIT",ES_NUMBER |ES_AUTOHSCROLL |ES_RIGHT |WS_CHILD |WS_TABSTOP |WS_VISIBLE | WS_BORDER,310,48,40,13  CONTROL "0.00",12,"EDIT",ES_AUTOHSCROLL |ES_RIGHT |WS_CHILD |WS_TABSTOP |WS_VISIBLE | WS_BORDER,310,63,40,13  CONTROL "Deadhead Miles Pay Rate:",13,"STATIC",SS_LEFT |WS_CHILD |WS_GROUP |WS_VISIBLE ,20,50,85,10  CONTROL "Live Miles Pay Rate:",14,"STATIC",SS_LEFT |WS_CHILD |WS_GROUP |WS_VISIBLE ,20,65,85,10  CONTROL "Cushion Miles Pay Rate:",15,"STATIC",SS_LEFT |WS_CHILD |WS_GROUP |WS_VISIBLE ,20,80,85,10  CONTROL "Hourly Pay Rate:",16,"STATIC",SS_LEFT |WS_CHILD |WS_GROUP |WS_VISIBLE ,20,95,85,10  CONTROL "Allowances (Line 5 on W-4):",17,"STATIC",SS_LEFT |WS_CHILD |WS_GROUP |WS_VISIBLE ,180,50,107,10  CONTROL "Additional Withholding (Line 6 on W-4):",12,"STATIC",SS_LEFT |WS_CHILD |WS_GROUP |WS_VISIBLE ,180,65,125,10  CONTROL "Pay Rate",18,"BUTTON",BS_GROUPBOX |WS_CHILD |WS_VISIBLE ,10,35,150,80  CONTROL "W-4 Information",19,"BUTTON",BS_GROUPBOX |WS_CHILD |WS_VISIBLE ,170,35,190,65END


And the dialog proc. VERY basic right now...
bool CALLBACK DriverDialogProc(HWND hwndDlg,UINT message,WPARAM wParam,LPARAM lParam){	switch(message)	{		case WM_INITDIALOG:			CheckDlgButton(hwndDlg,3,true);		return(true);		case WM_ERASEBKGND:			return(false);		case WM_COMMAND:			switch(LOWORD(wParam))			{				case IDOK:				case IDCANCEL:					EndDialog(hwndDlg,wParam);				return(true);			}		break;	}	return(false);}

No, I am not a professional programmer. I'm just a hobbyist having fun...

When interacting with Win32 you should use TRUE and FALSE rather than true and false. I doubt that's your problem, however.

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Quote:Original post by jwezorek
When interacting with Win32 you should use TRUE and FALSE rather than than true and false. I doubt that's your problem, however.


Nope. No effect. I am curious why though? Besides, I like the pretty blue letters!

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Quote:Original post by maspeir
Quote:Original post by jwezorek
When interacting with Win32 you should use TRUE and FALSE rather than than true and false. I doubt that's your problem, however.


Nope. No effect. I am curious why though?


Because TRUE and FALSE are #define's that are defined somewhere in "windows.h", as I think 1 and 0 respectively. They pre-date the addition of the true and false reserved words to C++. I don't think true and false in C++ are guaranteed to equal 1 and 0, just not-zero and zero. (somebody correct me if I'm wrong on this...)

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Anyway, I'm not sure what's going on with your painting issues. Trying setting the WS_TRANSPARENT style on your static controls, I guess, but you shouldn't have to...

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