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  • R RoyceF

    Ok, I did as you suggest. I get exactly the same behavior. The items select just the text and are a dim gray.

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    David Crow
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    Can you supply a screenshot of the offending control?


    "The words of God are not like the oak leaf which dies and falls to the earth, but like the pine tree which stays green forever." - Native American Proverb

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    • R RoyceF

      Selected by any means, it is always gray.

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      Joel Lucsy
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      Just to be safe, does explorer highlight in blue when you select a file? Its possible to have your "scheme" have the highlight color set to gray. As another thought, is your ListView (or ListCtrl) derived from anything, meaning did you use a class from an outside source? Just wondering if perhaps you or that class might be using NM_CUSTOMDRAW to override painting. Also, what styles are being used on the view, single selection, full-row selection, show selection always, owner data, owner draw? Personally I've never seen a basic ListCtrl ever paint incorrectly without some kind of interference from code.

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        Can you supply a screenshot of the offending control?


        "The words of God are not like the oak leaf which dies and falls to the earth, but like the pine tree which stays green forever." - Native American Proverb

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        RoyceF
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        How do I post a bitmap or GIF?

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        • R RoyceF

          How do I post a bitmap or GIF?

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          You can't. You'll have to find a Web site that will allow such. There are a ton of them out there that can act as a repository.


          "The words of God are not like the oak leaf which dies and falls to the earth, but like the pine tree which stays green forever." - Native American Proverb

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            You can't. You'll have to find a Web site that will allow such. There are a ton of them out there that can act as a repository.


            "The words of God are not like the oak leaf which dies and falls to the earth, but like the pine tree which stays green forever." - Native American Proverb

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            RoyceF
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            I have attached a DOC file to a thread in CodeGuru (I hope it's OK to do this) which contains a screenshot. I hope this works. Click this link: http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1315489#post1315489[^]

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            • J Joel Lucsy

              Just to be safe, does explorer highlight in blue when you select a file? Its possible to have your "scheme" have the highlight color set to gray. As another thought, is your ListView (or ListCtrl) derived from anything, meaning did you use a class from an outside source? Just wondering if perhaps you or that class might be using NM_CUSTOMDRAW to override painting. Also, what styles are being used on the view, single selection, full-row selection, show selection always, owner data, owner draw? Personally I've never seen a basic ListCtrl ever paint incorrectly without some kind of interference from code.

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              RoyceF
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              Yes, Explorer highlights in blue, as it always has. Also, a TreeCtrl in my app which is a sibling of my ListCtrl selects correctly with a blue highlight.

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              • R RoyceF

                Yes, Explorer highlights in blue, as it always has. Also, a TreeCtrl in my app which is a sibling of my ListCtrl selects correctly with a blue highlight.

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                Joel Lucsy
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                Oh, um, are you using a manifest under VC6? I know when you use manifests (to get the XP style look), imagelists behave differently. I think, but not certain by any means, that the newer compilers handle this without problems, but I'm fairly sure VC6 won't. I've found CImageList won't work quite right, I had to use the macros like ImageList_Create for it to work right.

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                • J Joel Lucsy

                  Oh, um, are you using a manifest under VC6? I know when you use manifests (to get the XP style look), imagelists behave differently. I think, but not certain by any means, that the newer compilers handle this without problems, but I'm fairly sure VC6 won't. I've found CImageList won't work quite right, I had to use the macros like ImageList_Create for it to work right.

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                  RoyceF
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                  No, I am using VC7 unmanaged code.

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                  • R RoyceF

                    No, I am using VC7 unmanaged code.

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                    Joel Lucsy
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                    VC7 has an option during project creation for including a manifest for C++ apps that defaults to "ON". Check your project or project/res directory for a .manifest file. If you have one, then its probably being used. Try turning it off.

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                    • J Joel Lucsy

                      VC7 has an option during project creation for including a manifest for C++ apps that defaults to "ON". Check your project or project/res directory for a .manifest file. If you have one, then its probably being used. Try turning it off.

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                      How do I do that? My test app project has a manifest file, but my real project does not. With both projects exhibiting the same behavior, one has a manifest and the other does not, I can't believe that is the problem. Anyway, I can't find a setting in the project configuration for turning it on or off. I also searched the vcproj file for a hidden setting.

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                      • R RoyceF

                        How do I do that? My test app project has a manifest file, but my real project does not. With both projects exhibiting the same behavior, one has a manifest and the other does not, I can't believe that is the problem. Anyway, I can't find a setting in the project configuration for turning it on or off. I also searched the vcproj file for a hidden setting.

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                        Joel Lucsy
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                        Ah, sorry, too many different compilers/languages on my system. It'll be in the resources of the project, you'd have to delete it from there.

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                        • J Joel Lucsy

                          Ah, sorry, too many different compilers/languages on my system. It'll be in the resources of the project, you'd have to delete it from there.

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                          RoyceF
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                          I deleted the manifest file and rebuilt my project. No change in behavior.

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                          • R RoyceF

                            I deleted the manifest file and rebuilt my project. No change in behavior.

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                            Joel Lucsy
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                            Bummer. I'm fresh out of ideas. I'm sorry I couldn't figure it out for you. Hope something clicks and it works out.

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                            • J Joel Lucsy

                              Bummer. I'm fresh out of ideas. I'm sorry I couldn't figure it out for you. Hope something clicks and it works out.

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                              RoyceF
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                              Thanks, I appreciate your efforts on my behalf. When I get a fix, I will post it here. I have asked Microsoft for help on this one. Royce

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                              • R RoyceF

                                Thanks, I appreciate your efforts on my behalf. When I get a fix, I will post it here. I have asked Microsoft for help on this one. Royce

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                                RoyceF
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                                I have found a fix for this problem, but I can't as yet explain why it works the way that it does. I am now creating my ListCtrl like so: DWORD dwStyle = WS_CHILD | WS_TABSTOP; dwStyle |= LVS_ALIGNTOP | LVS_AUTOARRANGE | LVS_ICON | LVS_SHOWSELALWAYS | LVS_SINGLESEL; if ( bVisible ) dwStyle |= WS_VISIBLE; HWND hWnd = ::CreateWindow( "SysListView32", NULL, dwStyle, rcTree.left, rcTree.top, rcTree.Width(), rcTree.Height(), m_hWnd, NULL, AfxGetInstanceHandle(), NULL ); m_ctlComponents.Attach( hWnd ); Problem is fixed.

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