RE: still fighting with VB6 now Checkboxes in a TreeView Control???

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From: Charlie (Charlie_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/07/05 

Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 06:59:04 -0800

nevermind my last post, sorry, I didn't read far enough.

"David" wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'm still on VB6.
>
> What I'm trying to implement is similar functionality
> as the tree view used (for example) in Microsoft Backup
> (from Win98).
>
> I have it working good with checkboxes, icons for open
> and closed dir's ect.
> Now all I want to do (and I'd be soo happy...!), is to be
> able to dim the checkboxes higher up in the tree when
> one lower down is checked (like Backup does).
>
> eg.
> Check a box and all boxes below it are checked, and
> all boxes upwards towards the root in the chain become
> 'dimly checked' showing partial selection of those
> particular nodes.
>
> I can't find any means of isolating one node in the tree
> and causing the 'checks' to be dimmed or change color.
> Properties provided such as ForeColor, Bold ect. do not
> act on the boxes.
>
> Any body have any ideas??
> I'm not worried about the logic for the tree, only getting
> hold of a reference to the Node object's checkbox and
> changing its color.
>
> I realize it could be complicated, so just send me in
> the right direction, assuming of course it's even possible.
>
> Hate to have to start building a tree from scratch just to get
> the ability to individualy dim a checkbox.
>
> David Otte
>
>
>

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