A simple transparent CStatic-derived class

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Dec 17, 2002

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This class allows you to create transparent static controls. For instance, you can add text on a bitmap in a dialog.

Description

Sometimes, transparent static controls are very useful. For example, you have a dialog with a bitmap in it and want to add some text in the picture. If you create a static control, your text will appear on an opaque background, even if you've selected the WS_EX_TRANSPARENT style (this style is *very* buggy).

How to implement

To use the class in your application you need to do the following:

Insert the .h and .cpp files into your project.
Add a static control into your dialog resource.
Add a member variable for that static control.
Modify the variable declaration.
Change this:
```
CStatic m_Static
```
To this:
```
CTransparentStatic m_Static
```
Don't forget the #include at the top of the include file:
```
#include "TransparentStatic.h"
```

That's it. You should now have a transparent background.

Features

The following Static Styles are implemented:

SS_LEFT
SS_LEFTNOWORDWRAP
SS_RIGHT
SS_CENTER
SS_CENTERIMAGE (center text vertically)
SS_NOPREFIX
SS_WORDELLIPSIS
SS_ENDELLIPSIS
SS_PATHELLIPSIS

The various borders (SS_SUNKEN, WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE, ...) are also supported.