XTPPropertyGrid inside CPropertyPage

 

Embedding a XTPropertyGrid using Create(...) makes the following problems:

 

1. split-bar between top part and help text at the bottom is in BTNFACE not background image of the CTabCtrl

2. background color of the bottom help part is BTNFACE

3. Since it gets added to the dialog as a window drawn over the dialog, it is not added to the tab order of the dialog control items so you cannot tab to the control.

 

Ideally it would be good to be able to put a XTPPropertyGrid onto a dialog using DDX_Control(...) instead of using Create... is this possible?

 

Adrien

it looks very odd on Le5 scheme. 

 

the reason it looks odd is because there are individual borders round the grid and the help area, so no delineation between the background and the splitter area, but you get a change in color. 

 

 

Yes its designed, we will add m_bTransparent flag for next release.

 

You can patch CXTPPropertyGridPaintManager::FillPropertyGrid now

 

 CXTPClientRect rc(m_pGrid);

 HBRUSH hBrush = NULL;

 if (m_bTransparent)
 {
  hBrush = (HBRUSH)m_pGrid->GetParent()->SendMessage(WM_CTLCOLORSTATIC, (WPARAM)pDC->GetSafeHdc(), (LPARAM)m_pGrid->m_hWnd);
 }
 if (hBrush)
 {
  ::FillRect(pDC->GetSafeHdc(), rc, hBrush);
 }
 else
 {
  pDC->FillSolidRect(rc, m_clrFace);
 }

....

 

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