CComControlBase::GetAmbientAppearance

Retrieves DISPID_AMBIENT_APPEARANCE, the current appearance setting for the control: 0 for flat and 1 for 3D.

Syntax

      HRESULT GetAmbientAppearance(
   short& nAppearance
); 

Parameters

• nAppearance
  The property DISPID_AMBIENT_APPEARANCE.

Return Value

One of the standard HRESULT values.

Example

HRESULT OnDraw(ATL_DRAWINFO& di)
{
   short nAppearance;
   RECT& rc = *(RECT*)di.prcBounds;

   // draw 3D border if AmbientAppearance is not supported or is set to 1 
   HRESULT hr = GetAmbientAppearance(nAppearance);
   if (hr != S_OK || nAppearance==1)
   {
      DrawEdge(di.hdcDraw, &rc, EDGE_SUNKEN, BF_RECT);
   }
   else
   {
      Rectangle(di.hdcDraw, rc.left, rc.top, rc.right, rc.bottom);
   }

   SetTextAlign(di.hdcDraw, TA_CENTER|TA_BASELINE);
   LPCTSTR pszText = _T("ATL 8.0 : MyControl");

// For security reasons, we recommend that you use the lstrlen function
// with caution. Here, we can guarantee that pszText is NULL terminated,
// and therefore it is safe to use this function.
   TextOut(di.hdcDraw, 
      (rc.left + rc.right) / 2, 
      (rc.top + rc.bottom) / 2, 
      pszText, 
      lstrlen(pszText));

   return S_OK;
}

Requirements

Header: atlctl.h

See Also

CComControlBase Class