GroupBox Background Skinning

Can it be done?

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I can't seem to get solid image GroupBox background images to display properly in XP. They display correctly in SKS but are filled with the button face color in apps when applied. I can use a transparent image with just a border only (transparent center) to get the border I want, but when I fill it with an image, the image only displays in the top 6-7 pixels of the box with the rest solid button face color.

Is this a "limitation" or am I missing something?

TIA
skinning
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
could you give us a shoot? in xp and one of SKS with the settings and pictures maybe
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
it cant be done


quick question 1nsomn1ac are you there today in help spirit or again in troll spirit?
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yes we would need a screenie to see whats going on there??? Please post...
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Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
prove me wrong quentin and maybe you'll be promoted to master
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
maybe you'll be promoted to master


Sorry guy i don't care to be promote i'm here since so little time and just to have fun and help when i can. It's not the first time you go on a tread and said you know all but tell nothing more than "i know and you not" but where your participation to this community where the help you provide to others?
my question was simple and nice, now i have my answer thanks.
have a good day
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

In short, it can't be done in any consistant or reliable way.

Usually, only the outer few pixels of the groupbox image are painted, and the middle is filled in by Windows (using the button face color). Occasionally, Windows won't fill up the whole center, and only fill behind the parts that have text or other objects. When that happens, the groupbox tends to look like a sloppy patchwork. The best approach is to simply skin the borders of the groupbox. You do get a few more pixels to work with on the top edge where the groupbox label goes, so if you want to get fancy, that's the place to do it.

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
quentin please dont cry & stay focus on the subject & read what mikeb said
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
quentin please dont cry & stay focus on the subject & read what mikeb said


i don't cry and more i laugh cause you think i could cry cause of you
You are right on the mater of groupbox BUT you are really wrong for the rest:
i never tell to Daiwa he can make them like he want, i just asked to see what he want, (cause english is not my natal language, i prefer get confirmation before answer)

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yeah this is one area is not skinnable by any skinning program,like mike said, u can get greative with borders and the header image also, and that's..about it.

This is one of Brainiac's pet peeves also.   
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Interestingly, it works & looks great in Display Properties but almost nowhere else.

C'est la vie.

Thanks, guys.
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Tab page skinning seems to work fine, but that image is not used for the groupbox. Would be extra nice if WB6 were to fix this and restore dialog backgrounds.

We can always hope.
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
We can always hope.


yep

You are right on the mater of groupbox BUT you are really wrong for the rest


what is the rest dumbdumb?
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
for the rest:
i never tell to Daiwa he can make them like he want, i just asked to see what he want, (cause english is not my natal language, i prefer get confirmation before answer)


that's the rest

and who are you to insult me
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
insult? read again #3 then decide yourself, your.. dumb or blind or both
have a nice day