>I would like to show a little shape in a corner of controls to indicate that context menues are available. This doesen't work with the MS ListView control, which somehow always manages to crawl into the foreground hiding the shape.
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>Any ideas how a shape can be installed in front of the ListView control?
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You have a problem with VFP - the native VFP controls and an ActiveX do not interact on the same level and in the same way, since they are not in the same Window control context. If you cna do it at all, you'll need to overlay the ListView with another ActiveX control.