Etched border (Win32)

Question

Hi,

I'm looking for a way to get an etched border style for a window under win32. I have tried DrawEdge with the EDGE_ETCHED flag, which does give me that, but I'm not sure how obtain the same style for a scrollable window. SetWindowLong with GWL_EXSTYLE and WS_EX_STATICEDGE gives me something close, but I haven't found any other style flags that yield a different border. So is this effect even possible?

Thanks in advance,
Christopher

Answer 1

You can do that sort of thing by handling WM_NCPAINT and other WM_NCxxx messages.

The NC stands for "Non Client area" of the window. The normal drawable area returned in the Device Context (DC) from BeginPaint is clipped to the "client area" of the window.