Q66992: DropShad.exe Draws Custom Border Around Control Window

Article: Q66992
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbfile kbsample kb16bitonly kbCtrl kbGrpDSUser kbOSWin310 kbWndw kbOSWin300
Last Modified: 05-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 3.0, 3.1 
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SUMMARY
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DropShad.exe demonstrates how to create an edit control with a "drop shadow."
The parent window of the edit control draws the drop shadow on the control's
behalf.

Microsoft Windows is not designed to allow a control to draw its own custom
border. If an application subclasses the control and draws a border during the
processing of the WM_PAINT message, the control will not be clipped properly
because the control does not determine the clipping when it draws outside its
client area.

The proper approach is to have the parent of the control draw the border during
the processing of a WM_PAINT message. In this case, Windows will perform the
appropriate clipping automatically.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following files are available for download from the Microsoft Download
Center:

DropShad.exe

For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click
the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

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The following three steps draw the drop shadow:

1. During the processing of the parent window's WM_CREATE message, the parent
  creates the edit control and sets a static variable to the edit control's
  HWND (which will be needed to draw the shadow).

2. The parent windows draws the drop shadow during the processing of a WM_PAINT
  message. The parent window uses GetWindowRect() to determine the rectangle of
  the edit control in screen coordinates. The ScreenToClient() function
  converts this data to local coordinates, then OffsetRect() offsets the
  rectangle to determine the bounds of the shadow. (The code for this step
  would go very nicely into a DrawShadow() procedure if the application had
  more than one edit control to shadow.)

3. The parent window calls Rectangle() to draw the two rectangles that create
  the drop shadow.

The width of the drop shadow, how far the drop shadow is offset from the corners
of the edit control, and the color of the brush used to paint the drop shadow
can be varied to achieve a particular control appearance.

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Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK300 kbWinSDK310
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.1

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