Edit control does not display border, only after WM_PAINT called again   

Hi,
I need to create a simple EDIT control on a window application,
without using MFC.
This is the code adding the EDIT control, with the WS_BORDER:

	HWND hwndEdit = CreateWindow("EDIT",
						NULL,
						WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | ES_LEFT | ES_AUTOHSCROLL | WS_BORDER,
						650,3,120,23,
						hwndTB,
						(HMENU) SEARCH_EDIT_ID,
						(HINSTANCE)(GetWindowLong(hwndTB,GWL_HINSTANCE)),
						NULL);

       SendMessage(hwndEdit, EM_SETLIMITTEXT, (WPARAM) 30, (LPARAM)
0);

But yet, the edit control has no border.
Only if I minimize & maximize the window (hence calling WM_PAINT) the
border is drawn.

help??
Thanks!!
Gabi

date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:04:15 -0700 (PDT)   author:   Gabriela

Re: Edit control does not display border, only after WM_PAINT called again   

>I need to create a simple EDIT control on a window application,
>without using MFC.
>This is the code adding the EDIT control, with the WS_BORDER:
>
>	HWND hwndEdit = CreateWindow("EDIT",
>						NULL,
>						WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | ES_LEFT | ES_AUTOHSCROLL | WS_BORDER,
>						650,3,120,23,
>						hwndTB,
>						(HMENU) SEARCH_EDIT_ID,
>						(HINSTANCE)(GetWindowLong(hwndTB,GWL_HINSTANCE)),
>						NULL);
>
>       SendMessage(hwndEdit, EM_SETLIMITTEXT, (WPARAM) 30, (LPARAM)
>0);
>
>But yet, the edit control has no border.
>Only if I minimize & maximize the window (hence calling WM_PAINT) the
>border is drawn.

That seems odd.

Have you tried using SetWindowPos with SWP_DRAWFRAME?

Dave

date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:30:59 +0100   author:   David Lowndes lid

Re: Edit control does not display border, only after WM_PAINT called again   

I tried
SetWindowPos(hwndEdit,HWND_TOP,650,3,120,23,SWP_DRAWFRAME);
- but it didn't help...
Any more ideas?
Gabi

date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:44:30 -0700 (PDT)   author:   Gabriela

Re: Edit control does not display border, only after WM_PAINT called again   

Gabriela wrote:
> I tried
> SetWindowPos(hwndEdit,HWND_TOP,650,3,120,23,SWP_DRAWFRAME);
> - but it didn't help...
> Any more ideas?
> Gabi
> 
The border is normally painted when a window receives a WM_NCPAINT 
message. Have you done anything that might have prevented this message 
from reaching the control?

-- 
Norm

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date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:16:31 -0700   author:   Norman Bullen

Re: Edit control does not display border, only after WM_PAINT called again   

>I tried
>SetWindowPos(hwndEdit,HWND_TOP,650,3,120,23,SWP_DRAWFRAME);
>- but it didn't help...

Gabi,

I've tried your code snippet by adding it to the WM_INITDIALOG handler
of the About dialog of the generic SDK Windows application generated
by Visual Studio, and I don't see any problem (tested under XP).

You're not by any chance expecting to see the beveled type border that
you normally get when you place an edit control on a dialog are you?

If you are, change your code to:

 hwndEdit = CreateWindowEx( WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE,
			_T("EDIT"),
			...


Dave

date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:28:18 +0100   author:   David Lowndes lid