Mouse vanishes in main GUI as soon as a second GUI is created

[Braste84]

I am using a GUI for some checkboxes and buttons

$ScriptEngine = GUICreate("Script Engine", 619, 308, -1523, 321)
GUISetOnEvent($GUI_EVENT_CLOSE, "ExitScript")
....
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

But as soon as I create a second GUI as child of the program window I am interacting with, the mouse cursor vanishes in the main GUI. The second GUI is meant as an overlay, whiches moves with the program.

$overlay = GUICreate("", 200, 500, 0, 0, $WS_CHILD, BitOR($WS_EX_TOPMOST, $WS_EX_LAYERED), $pHandle)
GUISetBkColor(0xABCDEF)
_WinAPI_SetLayeredWindowAttributes($overlay, 0xABCDEF)
GUISetState()
_GDIPlus_Startup()
$overlayGraphic = _GDIPlus_GraphicsCreateFromHWND($overlay)
_GDIPlus_GraphicsSetTextRenderingHint ($overlayGraphic, 3)

 

Edited April 16, 2023 by Braste84

[TimRude]

Post working example code that replicates the problem so someone can see exactly what you're talking about without having to reinvent the wheel.

[Braste84]

Nevermind. I don't have the time to make a working example code at the moment and I won't post my complete script here. I switched from 

$overlay = GUICreate("", 200, 500, 0, 0, $WS_CHILD, BitOR($WS_EX_TOPMOST, $WS_EX_LAYERED), $pHandle)

to

$overlay = GUICreate("", 200, 500, 0, 0, $WS_POPUP, BitOR($WS_EX_TOPMOST, $WS_EX_LAYERED))

and do the positioning of the overlay myself. Now everything works.

Edited April 17, 2023 by Braste84