HELP with UpdateLayeredWindow

[xelanoimis]

Hi!
I'm sorry i don't know german, so if anyone can help me, please write in english or c++.

I try to create a layered window with some common controls on it, like a button or an edit box.
The problem is that i use UpdateLayeredWindow to give a bitmap with alpha transparency to my main window. And this is everything I see. My child controls are not painted.
I understand that if I do my own controls and make them paint themselfs in the bitmap given to the main layered window it wold be ok.

But how can I use some common controls ("BUTTON", "EDIT", etc) or even other more complex like a html view or other activx control?
Is there a way to force them to paint themselfs in a given DC? Or maybe to make them ignore the fact that their parent is a layered window?

I hope I don't need to make my own edit controls and stuff?

Please help me with a solution or someting!
Thanks!

 

[Nebuchadnezar]

i dont know if i understand you correctly but if so you could use borland cbuilder ..
(the only problem is : the compiler is a bit big( about 400mb))
because you can use a form window and put some button classes or edit-windows on it without writing your own edit controls

just like this you only have to put the classes on this field
..then you just need to write your functions

 

[chibisuke]

ahh... i already had a problem like that too...

i think its located in your windowProc..

if look al this:

case WM_PAINT:
//Paint the window there
return 0;

then there is a big mistake... u return 0 instead of lett the default window proc do it...

so replace that return 0; with a break;

and make shure that u call DefWindowProc after the switch!