Transparent Radio Button

[scathenC]

Hey all,

I have an object on my window which acts kind of like a group box,
but has a specific background colour. I am trying to place a radio
button on top of this but due to it's non-transparency I am left
with the radio-buttons background colour to be different.

Can anyone help me with this problem?

So far I have tried WM_CTLCOLORBTN in the parent (however it seems
to only run this code on normal push buttons and not on radio-buttons).

WS_EX_TRANSPARENT does nothing.

I was hoping that I wouldn't have to owner draw another control just
for a simple background colour change! (**** WINDOWS).

Regards

C

[humptydumpty]

How you created your radion button .is it a Dialog base Application or Something Else.if you are using Dialog base App then From radio Button Extended style you can Choose Transparent option.Which Will Work for you.

Thanx

[scathenC]

Hi,

Nah I use CreateWindowEx() to create the radio button. Any other ideas?

C

[humptydumpty]

Hi,

Nah I use CreateWindowEx() to create the radio button. Any other ideas?

C

Then Handle WM_CTLCOLOR message handler in your Code and Go ahead.


implement WM_CTLCOLOR handler member Function in your Code .now inside your onCtlColor you can use

int nCtrlId = pWnd->GetDlgCtrlID();
and can check for your radio button ID

Like
if(nCtrlId == Radiobutton ID)
{
//hbr is HBRUSH type here.
hbr = ::CreateSolidBrush(RGB(255,255,255));
pDC->SetBkMode( TRANSPARENT);
}


Thanx