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[AngelofDeath]

Edited November 28, 2010 by AngelofDeath

[Melba23]

AngelofDeath,

To get grid lines to show on a ListView, you have to set the background colour to something other than the default. Does this produce what you want?

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <ListviewConstants.au3>

$hGUI = GUICreate("Test", 500, 500)

$listview_1 = GUICtrlCreateListView("A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H",  10, 10, 250, 250, -1, $LVS_EX_GRIDLINES)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, 0xE0E0E0)

GUISetState()

While 1

    Switch GUIGetMsg()
        Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            Exit
    EndSwitch

WEnd

M23

[Melba23]

AngelofDeath,

LOL, what'chu talkin' 'bout, Melba23?

If I create a ListView using the $LVS_EX_GRIDLINES extended style, either with or without added items, I only get to see gridlines when I colour the background of the control. No doubt it is something to do with my monitor and Windows colour settings.

To get grid lines to show on a ListView, you have to add a ListViewItem

Not so. The gridlines appear regardless of whether or not the ListView has content.

Anyway, I am delighted my attempt to help caused you such amusement. Perhaps if you had made your original question a litle clearer we could both have saved some wear and tear on our typing fingers.

M23

[rover]

That's interesting; I often forget that things don't always look or work the same for everyone. Could it be OS related? I'm on XP Pro SP3.

To be honest, I'm sorry I asked this question in the first place. Before this topic, my line of thought was that I couldn't get the ListView to look the way I wanted because I didn't know how to do it. Now I know the real reason is because of a forced style that I can't do anything about. This pisses me off a bit because I see no reason for it. I was happy not knowing.

you are mixing window ex styles with listview ex styles in the last param

the result is you are adding WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME and $WS_EX_TRANSPARENT to WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE window ex style

use LVM_SETEXTENDEDLISTVIEWSTYLE message for listview extended styles

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Au3Check_Parameters=-q -d -w 1 -w 2 -w 3 -w 4 -w 5 -w 6
#include <ListviewConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
#Include <GuiListView.au3>


Global $iExStyle = BitOR($WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE, $LVS_EX_FULLROWSELECT, $LVS_EX_GRIDLINES)
ConsoleWrite('!iExStyle = 0x' & Hex($iExStyle, 8) & @crlf)

$iExStyle = BitOR($WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE, $WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME, $WS_EX_TRANSPARENT)
ConsoleWrite('!iExStyle  = 0x' & Hex($iExStyle, 8) & @crlf)

GUICreate("ListViews", 530, 270)
; Deafault ListView
Global $listview_1 = GUICtrlCreateListView("A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H",  10, 10, 250, 250, -1, $WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE)
_GUICtrlListView_SetExtendedListViewStyle($listview_1,  $LVS_EX_FULLROWSELECT)

; Deafault ListView with Grid Lines
Global $listview_2 = GUICtrlCreateListView("A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H", 270, 10, 250, 250, -1, $WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE)
_GUICtrlListView_SetExtendedListViewStyle($listview_2,  BitOR($LVS_EX_FULLROWSELECT, $LVS_EX_GRIDLINES))

; Add a ListViewItem to each ListView
GUICtrlCreateListViewItem("1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8", $listview_1)
GUICtrlCreateListViewItem("1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8", $listview_2)
GUISetState()

While 1
    If GUIGetMsg() = -3 Then Exit
WEnd

Edited November 27, 2010 by rover

[Melba23]

rover,

Thanks for that - my (first) learning point of the day.

M23