Custom ComboBox Help (NOT MFC)

[scathenC]

Hi all,

I am creating my own combobox from scratch as I need some special
functionality. I have just hit a bump in the road with regards to displaying
my drop list.

Regardless of what kind of window this is, I am having trouble getting it
to display above every other control in my window. I have tried using
WS_EX_TOPMOST but that doesn't work. Can anyone give me some
insight into how I should approach this?

[Krishnaa]

Why create from scratch, why not customize the existing combobox to host your special functionality ?

[scathenC]

well I need to make a combo box which is scalable depending on some
sort of zoom ratio. How would you go about doing that?

C

[scathenC]

Actually, I still want my question answered. When you use a standard
combo box and click the arrow so that the list is displayed, that list acts
like a popup window. How do you give a window that functionality?

If I make something a WS_POPUP it acts almost the same, except that
the parent windows become 'inactive' and the control is treated as a
new window all on it's own.

How do I make a window act like the pull-down list of a combobox?

C

[MrBeans]

I think you should place a control below your combo box and move it in a timer some thing like this (http://www.codeguru.com/Cpp/controls/statusbar/article.php/c5937).

[scathenC]

Hi,

I think you guys are missing the question. I know how to animate the
object.

The question is as follows:

How do I create a child window (the type shouldn't matter) that is
painted above everything else on the entire screen (even outside
the client area of the program window, and even the task bar), without
causing the parent window to look inactive (inactive title bar)?

If anyone can do this or point me in the right direction that would be rad.

C

[ovidiucucu]

[ Moved thread ]

@to scathenC: Please post Windows questions - NON MFC in this forum.