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Q95391: BUG: Superclassed Scroll Bar’s Parent Not Sent WM_CTLCOLOR Msg

Article: Q95391
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb16bitonly kbCtrl kbScrollBar kbGrpDSUser kbOSWin310 kbOSWin300
Last Modified: 12-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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SYMPTOMS
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Controls normally send WM_CTLCOLOR messages to their parents so applications can
modify the control background color. However, under Windows 3.0 and 3.1, when a
scroll bar is superclassed, its parent is not sent WM_CTLCOLOR messages.

RESOLUTION
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Applications that want to receive the WM_CTLCOLOR message must subclass the
scroll bar rather than superclassing its window class.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in Windows versions 3.0 and 3.1.

Additional query words: scrollbar

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Keywords          : kb16bitonly kbCtrl kbScrollBar kbGrpDSUser kbOSWin310 kbOSWin300 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbWin3xSearch kbSDKSearch kbWinSDKSearch kbWinSDK300 kbWinSDK310
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.1
Issue type        : kbbug

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