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In my project I have to display a clock over the MDI form for which I overrided the
C#
WndProc
method and on
WM_NCPAINT
I am creating a rectangle filling it and displaying date text over it.
On running this is working fine over users having Windows 7 machines but when i deployed the same application over Windows 10 all they can see is a line in place of rectangle.

What am I doing wrong or something different needed to do over Windows 10.

Please suggest.

What I have tried:

C#
private void Main_OnNcPaint(ref Message m)
        {
            paintTitleBar = m;
            IntPtr hdc = GetWindowDC(m.HWnd);
            Graphics g = Graphics.FromHdc(hdc);
            RectangleF titleBarRectF = g.VisibleClipBounds;
            int formWidth = (int)titleBarRectF.Width;
            int CaptionHeight = Bounds.Height - ClientRectangle.Height;
            Size CloseButtonSize = SystemInformation.CaptionButtonSize;
            int X = formWidth - (CloseButtonSize.Width * 4) - 200;
            int Y = 4;
            int width = 200;
            int height = CaptionHeight - 10;
            string dateText;            
                dateText = DateTime.Now.ToString("dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss tt");          
            RectangleF timeDisplayRectF = new RectangleF(X, Y, width, height);
            g.FillRectangle(new SolidBrush(Color.Black), timeDisplayRectF);            
            Font font = new Font(Font.FontFamily, Font.Size + 2, FontStyle.Bold);
            g.DrawString(dateText, font, new SolidBrush(Color.White), timeDisplayRectF);
            g.Dispose();
            ReleaseDC(m.HWnd, hdc);
            m.Result = IntPtr.Zero;           
        }
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[no name] 3-Sep-20 8:57am    
It's a pointless "hack". Stick to working with controls in the client area.
honeyashu 3-Sep-20 23:36pm    
Thanks Gerry. I agree but requirement is I have to display a clock bar on top corner of my application, so the hack.
[no name] 4-Sep-20 0:42am    
Check your final height. Don't expect Win 10 "defaults" to always match Win 7 / 8.

"int height = CaptionHeight - 10;"
honeyashu 7-Sep-20 2:27am    
Tried. But not worked.

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