🚀 go-pugleaf

> ...I'm just subclassing the group box with SetWindowLong....

You ARE calling the original window procedure with CallWindowProc
aren't you?

The problem you are seeing is not one I have encountered.  I have
never had a static text control fail to properly paint when I sent it
a SetWindowText.

.  Ed

> Mark Morrisson wrote in message
> news:40747493$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
>
> Don't worry, Ed, I know I can rely on MSDN too.
>
> About BeginPaint and EndPaint, I guess the information that
> interests me is the setting of information internal to Windows,
> as you said. ;-)
>
> After a call to BeginPaint/EndPaint, it's like if Windows was
> stopping drawing the window, even if I call DefWindowProc right
> afterwards... Though, with GetDC/ReleaseDC, the window outline
> is drawn.
>
> Of course, Ed, I don't use exotic styles. The static controls have
> the following styles : WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | SS_LEFT. In
> answer to your question, I'm just subclassing the group box with
> SetWindowLong. Well, I've tried to send them WM_ENABLE but
> it didn't solve the problem. The old caption and the new one still
> superpose...
>
> Well, Ed, that's OK, you've spent enough time on that issue. It's
> not a blocking bug so I will give it up by now.