On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Dmitry Timoshkov wrote: > Hello. > > According to my test application, progress bar control always does > InvalidateRect() if it wants to repaint itself. It is smart enough > whether or not invalidate background. Probably other comctl32 controls > need to be fixed in respect of this.
That's a good point. When I wrote the Progress Bar & Up Down Controls way back when, I did the repaint thingy as other controls were doing. So I think this style simply got propagated through the controls without good reason, other than "others do it too". -- Dimi.
