API Graphics Drawing

[Les F.]

Hello:
I use some API calls to draw graphics
on a MSFlexGrid cell. When I add text
to that cell the graphics disappear. Is
there a way to prevent that?

Les F

[Michael Culley]

Les,

Most likely you could not actually stop it drawing. If you could find a way
it would most likely be difficult and unreliable (someone will probably come
up with an easy way to do it!)

But instead of stopping it from drawing you could place your what you want
to draw in a window on top of the flex grid. I'd use a frame control, set
its border to none, place it were you like and draw on it with your api
calls in the Frame_Paint event.

Michael Culley
www.vbdotcom.com

"Les F." <zala_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3a83a3bd$1@news.devx.com...
> Hello:
> I use some API calls to draw graphics
> on a MSFlexGrid cell. When I add text
> to that cell the graphics disappear. Is
> there a way to prevent that?
>
> Les F
>
>
>

[Michael Culley]

Les,

I just checked and the frame does not have a paint event. You will need to
subclass the frame. There is a subclass control on my site. Just add this
code to the Form_Load

mcSubclasser1.SubclassAddMessage WM_PAINT,Frame1.Hwnd
mcSubclasser1.SubClassRunning (Frame1.HWnd)=True

private Sub mcSubclasser1_WndProc (....)
'Do painting here
End Sub

--
Michael Culley
www.vbdotcom.com


"Michael Culley" <m_culley@one.net.au> wrote in message
news:3a83b65f@news.devx.com...
> Les,
>
> Most likely you could not actually stop it drawing. If you could find a
way
> it would most likely be difficult and unreliable (someone will probably
come
> up with an easy way to do it!)
>
> But instead of stopping it from drawing you could place your what you want
> to draw in a window on top of the flex grid. I'd use a frame control, set
> its border to none, place it were you like and draw on it with your api
> calls in the Frame_Paint event.
>
> Michael Culley
> www.vbdotcom.com
>
> "Les F." <zala_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3a83a3bd$1@news.devx.com...
> > Hello:
> > I use some API calls to draw graphics
> > on a MSFlexGrid cell. When I add text
> > to that cell the graphics disappear. Is
> > there a way to prevent that?
> >
> > Les F
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[Les F.]

Hi
thanks for the reply
Its not a bad idea except that what I am
after is to retain the gaphic as the
background of the cell with the text on
top of it. I tried setting the cellpicture
property to that of the graphic but it aligns
3 pixels right and down in the cell (probably
to retain the 3d cell effect). That looks
terrible
Thanks again
Les F
Michael Culley <m_culley@one.net.au> wrote in message
news:3a83b65f@news.devx.com...
> Les,
>
> Most likely you could not actually stop it drawing. If you could find a
way
> it would most likely be difficult and unreliable (someone will probably
come
> up with an easy way to do it!)
>
> But instead of stopping it from drawing you could place your what you want
> to draw in a window on top of the flex grid. I'd use a frame control, set
> its border to none, place it were you like and draw on it with your api
> calls in the Frame_Paint event.
>
> Michael Culley
> www.vbdotcom.com
>
> "Les F." <zala_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3a83a3bd$1@news.devx.com...
> > Hello:
> > I use some API calls to draw graphics
> > on a MSFlexGrid cell. When I add text
> > to that cell the graphics disappear. Is
> > there a way to prevent that?
> >
> > Les F
> >
> >
> >
>
>