WM_SETREDRAW fails when visual styles are enabled

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There is a WM_SETREDRAW message in WinAPI which you can send to a window in order to suspend/resume drawing updates. It works fine, but as soon as i add visual styles from comctl32 v.6.0.0 to my program calling WM_SETREDRAW on a ListView control fails (GetLastError() returns 1400 after sending the message).
Here is the program:

C++

#include <windows.h>
// manifest for supporting themes
#pragma comment(linker,"\"/manifestdependency:type='win32' \
name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' \
processorArchitecture='*' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\"")

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE, char*, int)
{
    HWND lv = CreateWindow(L"SysListView32", 0, WS_VISIBLE, 0,0 ,111,111,0,0,hInst,0);
    SendMessage(lv, WM_SETREDRAW, false, 0); // After this call GetLastError() returns 1400
}

My question is - how do you properly use WM_SETREDRAW on a listview in application that uses styles?

What I have tried:

Searched the internet and tried to establish the source of the problem (which i found). Also i checked MSDN documentation for WS_SETREDRAW and Adding visual styles to your program and neither says about some restrictions when used together.

Posted 9-Jul-23 5:38am

Avtem

Updated 9-Jul-23 23:48pm

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2023-07-09T06:38:00

Solution 1

See the Remarks section at WM_SETREDRAW message[^].

Posted 9-Jul-23 6:38am

Richard MacCutchan

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Avtem 9-Jul-23 13:08pm

i've read again, there is no information about visual styles

Richard MacCutchan 9-Jul-23 14:02pm

OK, well there two possibilities:
1. The call to CreateWindow fails so the window handle is invalid (Error code 1400).
2. The window has not enabled the WM_SETREDRAW message, as explained in the link I provided above.
You need to use the debugger to find out which it is.

Avtem 9-Jul-23 14:22pm

1. After CreateWindow call Error code is always 0.
Error code 1400 is set after sending WM_SETREDRAW message *only* when visual styles are on. When they are off - Error code is 0 and WM_SETREDRAW suppresses window redraws
2. By *enabling* WM_SETREDRAW you mean SendMessage(lv, WM_SETREDRAW, false, 0);?

Richard MacCutchan 10-Jul-23 3:30am

No, I mean read the Remarks section in the link I provided, especially the last paragraph that starts Windows 10 and later; Windows Server 2016 and later.

Avtem 10-Jul-23 4:54am

Oh, that's what you meant. The target OS is Windows 7 x32/64 bit - sorry i should have mentioned that in the OP.
GetPropW(lv, L"SysSetRedraw") always returns 0.
i also noticed that WM_SETREDRAW never removes the WS_VISIBLE style as it should do.
Other control types lose WS_VISIBLE style after WM_SETREDRAW though.

Richard MacCutchan 10-Jul-23 4:57am

As far as I can see when running this code the result of the call to GetLastError is incorrect, as the ListView window is created correctly. Also the return value of zero from the call to SendMessage implies that it succeeded.

Avtem 10-Jul-23 5:04am

It seems that ListView is the only control that has problems with WM_SETREDRAW. If you replace first parameter with "Button" or "Edit" it works as expected and GetLastError() always returns 0.

Richard MacCutchan 10-Jul-23 6:58am