Client and nonclient areas

[Fractal Cat]

Hi,

I want to draw my own toolbar that contains a number of buttons. I have drawn
a bitmap with a gradient for the background and the buttons will be placed on this bitmap. My question is this: How can I make the ClientRectangle coordinates begin
below the bottom of this bitmap ? I want the point of the client rectangle,(0,0) to be below the toolbar bitmap. How do I take into account the dimensions of the toolbar bitmap so I can draw in the client area ? I hope this makes sense.

Thanks

FC.

[shadder]

Hi,

could you tell us what IDE are you using?

[Thomas1965]

You cant'change the ClientRect directly, however you can use the InflateRect function to change the ClientRect temporarily.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/windows/desktop/dd144994(v=vs.85).aspx

Is there a reason why you don't use Windows toolbar with owner draw ?

[Fractal Cat]

Hi,

I'm using Visual Studio Community 2015.

And I didn't know you could draw a toolbar control that uses owner draw. I think this is something I'm going to look at because it sound like it's what I need.

Thx

FC.