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How to change BackgroundColor OnMouseHover c++ MFC


I've derived a Window from CWnd in which I create some OwnerDrawn Buttons. The Buttons are derived from CButton.

Now I want to change to BackgroundColor of my Buttons when the User is Hovering over it.

Therefore I already implemented that the OnMouseHover() and the OnMouseLeave() Messages are getting sent:

BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CFooterButton, CButton)
   ON_WM_MOUSEHOVER()
   ON_WM_MOUSEMOVE()
   ON_WM_MOUSELEAVE()
END_MESSAGE_MAP()

void CFooterButton::OnMouseMove(UINT nFlags, CPoint point)
{

   //start tracking of Hover and Leave Event
   TRACKMOUSEEVENT tme;
   tme.cbSize = sizeof(TRACKMOUSEEVENT);
   tme.dwFlags = TME_HOVER | TME_LEAVE;
   tme.hwndTrack = m_hWnd;
   tme.dwHoverTime = HOVER_DEFAULT;
   TrackMouseEvent(&tme);

   CButton::OnMouseMove(nFlags, point);
}


void CFooterButton::OnMouseHover(UINT nFlags, CPoint point)
{


   HDC hdc = *GetWindowDC();

   SetBkColor(hdc,RGB(54, 125, 184));
   CButton::OnMouseHover(nFlags, point);
}

In the Debugger and Spy I can see that the code is getting called but nothing happens. Since I'm relatively new to MFC/c++ I assume I'm not using the DC correctly.. can someone explain me why it is not working and how i can fix it?


Solution

  • For anyone else who is struggling my Solution:

    Note: The lp-Structure has another itemAction -> ODA_SELECT refer to MSDN https://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/windows/desktop/bb775802(v=vs.85).aspx