> Force a redraw -- I'll try that, thanks.
It probably won't be enough - erase the list before each redraw and
everything will work fine.
Bozidar
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >
> > >How do I get the first item to be highlighted all the way
> > >across the first time, so that it behaves properly when the
> > >OS attempts to remove the highlighting?
> >
> > How is the first item getting highlighted? Are you setting it
> > to the list
> > selection? If so, when?
>
> Originally I had not been setting an initial selection, but
> the first item had been close-highlighted as I described. Then
> I tried setting the initial selection in the InitForm routine,
> with no difference in the result.
>
> The previous suggestion (by Steve Sabram) of calling WinEraseRectangle()
> has gotten rid of -most- of the problem. Now the highlighting
> to the right of the text is proper, but there's still a bit of
> junk to the left of the 1st after selecting a second. Instead of
>
> |[]ITEM 1[ ]|
> |[ ITEM 2 ]|
> | ITEM 3 |
>
> it's now this
>
> |[]ITEM 1 |
> |[ ITEM 2 ]|
> | ITEM 3 |
>
> Good enough ... but it'd still be nice to get rid of that last
> bit of "dirt".
>
> > >btw: is there any way to determine, when your list item drawing
> > >callback function is called, whether it is drawing a highlighted
> > >item or a "normal" item? It seems as if the OS must set up the
> >
> > Not that I'm aware of. That's taken care of for you.
> >
> > I remember having this problem quite a while ago. I think the
> > answer might
> > be to draw the full list and then set the selection (then
> > maybe redraw the
> > list just in case).
>
> Force a redraw -- I'll try that, thanks.
>
> --
> -Richard M. Hartman
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> 186,000 mi./sec ... not just a good idea, it's the LAW!
>
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