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Yes! This class is included in the latest SoftechSoftware DLL version.

Description

CBlendedStaticST is a CStaticST-derived class that adds blended (semi-transparent) background to your static texts !

Main CBlendedStaticST features are:

• All CStaticST properties
• Any range of background transparency (between 0% and 100%)
• Full Unicode support
• Cost-less implementation in existing applications

How to integrate CBlendedStaticST in your application

In your project include the following files:

• StaticST.h
• StaticST.cpp
• BlendedStaticST.h
• BlendedStaticST.cpp

Create a CBlendedStaticST object statically
With dialog editor create a standard static control called, for example, IDC_STCTEST (you don't need to make it owner drawn) and create a member variable for this control:

CBlendedStaticST m_stcTest;

Now attach the control to CBlendedStaticST. For dialog-based applications, in your OnInitDialog:

// Call the base-class method
CDialog::OnInitDialog();

// Create the IDC_STCTEST control
m_stcTest.SubclassDlgItem(IDC_STCTEST, this);

Or in your DoDataExchange:

// Call the base method
CDialog::DoDataExchange(pDX);

// Create the IDC_STCTEST control
DDX_Control(pDX, IDC_STCTEST, m_stcTest);

Attention!
To properly work the CBlendedStaticST control MUST be in transparent mode and MUST have a opaque percentage lower than 100%. After creation you can set these parameters into your OnInitDialog, for example:

// Create the IDC_STCTEST control
(...)

// Set background color
m_stcTest.SetBackgroundColor(RGB(69, 162, 54), FALSE);
// Set opacity percentage to 50%
m_stcTest.SetOpacityPercentage(50, FALSE);
// Set transparent mode
m_stcTest.DrawTransparent();

Class methods

SetBackgroundColor
Sets the control's background color.

// Parameters:
//     [IN]   crBackgroundColor
//            A COLORREF value indicating the new control's background.
//     [IN]   bRepaint
//            If TRUE the control will be immediately repainted.
//
// Return value:
//      STATICST_OK
//          Function executed successfully.
//
DWORD SetBackgroundColor(COLORREF crBackgroundColor, BOOL bRepaint = TRUE)

SetOpacityPercentage
Sets the percentage of opacity of the control's background.

// Parameters:
//     [IN]   byPercentage
//            Percentage (from 0 to 100)
//            0 = Full transparency
//            100 = Full opacity
//     [IN]   bRepaint
//            If TRUE the control will be immediately repainted.
//
// Return value:
//      STATICST_OK
//          Function executed successfully.
//
DWORD SetOpacityPercentage(BYTE byPercentage, BOOL bRepaint = TRUE)

GetVersionI
Returns the class version as a short value.

// Return value:
//     Class version. Divide by 10 to get actual version.
//
static short GetVersionI()

GetVersionC
Returns the class version as a string value.

// Return value:
//     Pointer to a null-terminated string containig the class version.
//
static LPCTSTR GetVersionC()

History

• v1.0 (10/July/2007)
  First release

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