Example 1
Group boxes with the WS_EX_TRANSPARENT style bit added
#include <windows.h> #include "resource.h" IDD_RESIZE_SAMPLE DIALOGEX 0, 0, 206, 110 STYLE DS_CENTER | WS_MINIMIZEBOX | WS_MAXIMIZEBOX | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU | WS_THICKFRAME | WS_CLIPCHILDREN CAPTION "Clip Children + Transparent" FONT 8, "MS Sans Serif" BEGIN GROUPBOX "Group 1",IDC_GROUP1,7,7,115,96,WS_GROUP, WS_EX_TRANSPARENT LTEXT "Label:",IDC_COMBO_LABEL,14,19,20,8 COMBOBOX IDC_COMBO,41,17,74,66,WS_VSCROLL | WS_GROUP | CBS_DROPDOWN | CBS_SORT | WS_TABSTOP EDITTEXT IDC_EDIT,14,34,101,45,WS_VSCROLL | WS_GROUP | ES_WANTRETURN | ES_MULTILINE | ES_AUTOHSCROLL SCROLLBAR IDC_SCROLLBAR,14,85,101,11, WS_GROUP | WS_TABSTOP GROUPBOX "Group 2",IDC_GROUP2,130,7,69,96,WS_GROUP, WS_EX_TRANSPARENT DEFPUSHBUTTON "OK",IDOK,136,17,55,14,WS_GROUP PUSHBUTTON "Cancel",IDCANCEL,136,34,55,14 CTEXT "Static Text",IDC_STATIC_TEXT,136,71,55,8, SS_NOPREFIX PUSHBUTTON "Help",IDC_HELP_BUTTON,136,83,55,14,WS_GROUP END