Problem w/ GUICtrlCreateList & GUICtrlCreateTab

[automationexpert12345]

Hi everyone,

I've had tremendous success using AutoIt and have recently stumbled on to a bit of an inconvenience and wanted to see if anyone was having similar trouble. I've browsed the forums and notices some problems with the painting of certain controls whenever they have been placed over a tabitem, but I haven't seen any talk of listboxes. Run the code below to see the discoloration (dark grey) of the listbox over the tabitem. I added a second listbox created the same way outside of a tabitem to demonstrate the glitch. Any thoughts?

FYI: I am using v3.1.1.128 (beta) with the following code snippet :

#include <GuiConstants.au3>

; GENERATE GUI INTERFACE
$MainGUI = GuiCreate("Tools", 600, 700)
$Tab1 = GUICtrlCreateTab(5,5,590,390)
GUICtrlCreateTabItem ( "Tab1" )

$ListWindow_painting_problem = GUICtrlCreateList("",18,35,555,90)  
$Tab1 = GUICtrlCreateTabitem ("")

$ListWindow2_fine = GUICtrlCreateList("",18,435,555,90)  
$Tab2 = GUICtrlCreateTabItem ( "Tab2" )
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()

    Select
        Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            ExitLoop
    EndSelect
WEnd

Exit

[SmOke_N]

That is kind of annoying isn't it lol... For now, I would just do this ($GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT):

#include <GuiConstants.au3>

; GENERATE GUI INTERFACE
$MainGUI = GuiCreate("Tools", 600, 700)
$Tab1 = GUICtrlCreateTab(5,5,590,390)
GUICtrlCreateTabItem ( "Tab1" )

$ListWindow_painting_problem = GUICtrlCreateList("",18,35,555,90)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, -2); $GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT = -2
$Tab1 = GUICtrlCreateTabitem ("")

$ListWindow2_fine = GUICtrlCreateList("",18,435,555,90) 
$Tab2 = GUICtrlCreateTabItem ( "Tab2" )
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()

    Select
        Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            ExitLoop
    EndSelect
WEnd

Edited July 3, 2006 by SmOke_N

[automationexpert12345]

Nice work around - thanks!

Quick question though - what does the -1 reference (where the controlID would be used)?

Any idea if this is something that can be added to the "fixable" items for the next beta release? =)

That is kind of annoying isn't it lol... For now, I would just do this ($GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT):

#include <GuiConstants.au3>

; GENERATE GUI INTERFACE
$MainGUI = GuiCreate("Tools", 600, 700)
$Tab1 = GUICtrlCreateTab(5,5,590,390)
GUICtrlCreateTabItem ( "Tab1" )

$ListWindow_painting_problem = GUICtrlCreateList("",18,35,555,90)
GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, -2); $GUI_BKCOLOR_TRANSPARENT = -2
$Tab1 = GUICtrlCreateTabitem ("")

$ListWindow2_fine = GUICtrlCreateList("",18,435,555,90) 
$Tab2 = GUICtrlCreateTabItem ( "Tab2" )
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()

    Select
        Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            ExitLoop
    EndSelect
WEnd

[marfdaman]

-1 stands for the last control created.