Anybody? ::- ( I thank you for helping me... by contributing! Axonn @ SourceForge ^

*laugh* nice reply Alan. Thanks! It worked! ::- D. Pfew. So it was me who was stupid and didn't investigate well enough the options. Thanks again for showing the way and getting me rid of one of my greatest frustrations EVER. -= E C H Y S T T A S =- The Greater Mind Balance Blending C++ with COM ^ Have a break on my website! Spread the word? Please?

Ya.. Is it so.. This is really weird. Love to see the exact scenario. If possible can you share the code with me. We can also place a bug report to Microsoft about that if it really happens... :rose::rose: Abhishek Sur My Latest Articles **Create CLR objects in SQL Server 2005 C# Uncommon Keywords Read/Write Excel using OleDB **Don't forget to click "Good Answer" if you like to.

You welcome :)

You hadn't to read the OP. :-D If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.

BITMAP bm; GetObject(hbmpBackground,sizeof(bm),&bm); int width = bm.bmWidth; int height = bm.bmHeight; DeleteObject(hbmpBackground); Best Wishes, -Randor (David Delaune)

What's very interesting is that I managed to solve everything just like this: LPCSTR a = (LPCSTR)myBSTR; MessageBox(0, a, 0, 0); //-> it works, if you can believe it!!! Probably because I send only non-Unicode stuff from VB. Anyway, this is how it's gonna stay for a while and I don't intend to ever switch this program to Unicode. Works just fine like it is. -= E C H Y S T T A S =- The Greater Mind Balance Blending C++ with COM ^

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Hi Richard. Nope, unfortunately it doesn't help. Did you try WS_BORDER with the code above? If you put that WS_BORDER style, the window will still have a title bar. There is not noticeable difference between WS_BORDER and WS_CAPTION. Pf... totally weird. WS_POPUP | WS_BORDER creates something of a 2D window but I am definitely sure that I was able to create a window with caption, maximize, minimze buttons AND 2D ASPECT! And now I can't do it no more. Aarggggghh! I'm so pissed off! I gotta dug up from the grave some of my old code apparently. -= E C H Y S T T A S =- The Greater Mind Balance Blending C++ with COM ^

Not really. But thanks anyway. I found the solution. If anybody is interested, here is the answer: On WM_MOUSEACTIVATE return MA_NOACTIVATE; On WM_ACTIVATE return 1. Do not call DefWindowProc (in both cases). -= E C H Y S T T A S =- The Greater Mind Balance Blending C++ with COM ^

Handel WM_DESTROY in ur Button or use PostMessage() call in your button. Fly Like An Eagle With MIGHTY POWER.

I don't know what you're trying to suggest here and I don't think I'm gonna like the sound of it. But please, give it a shot ::- ). -= E C H Y S T T A S =- The Greater Mind Balance

Axonn Echysttas wrote: If I do 10 repaits per second I see an annoying flicker. This is a common problem, especially in applications that need to constantly update a status string. A workaround is to use a "smart" SetText() method, as in: void SmartSetText (CWnd* pWnd, CString strText) { ASSERT (pWnd != NULL); ASSERT (pWnd->GetSafeHwnd() != NULL); CString strOldText; pWnd->GetWindowText (strOldText); if (strOldText.Compare (strText) != 0) pWnd->SetWindowText (strText); } It's a simple solution that works quite well. /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

Yeap, I got it. I should have thought at the DefWindowProc stuff. Hrmph *pissed off on self*. Thank you. -= E C H Y S T T A S =- The Greater Mind Balance

Axonn Echysttas wrote: I will still see that annoying arrow-resize icon WM_NCHITEST, check if the mouse if over a resizing border, if it is return HT_BORDER. You may be right I may be crazy -- Billy Joel -- Within you lies the power for good - Use it!

Yeah, not that it would help me much apparently ::- S. -= E C H Y S T T A S =- The Greater Mind Balance

Thank you! :- D. I remember now. -= E C H Y S T T A S =- The Greater Mind Balance