My API calls don't create transparent list view as they should

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C++

Win32

Hello everyone!

I would like to start by saying thanks to everyone who takes some time to view this thread and try to help.

I have made a list view with transparent background using following API:

SendMessage( GetDlgItem( hwnd, IDC_LIST1 ), LVM_SETBKCOLOR, (WPARAM)0,
                    (LPARAM)CLR_NONE );

Everything works fine, so I just wanted to make list view item's background transparent as well.

I have tried using the following API, hoping to achieve the same effect:

SendMessage( GetDlgItem( hwnd, IDC_LIST1 ), LVM_SETTEXTBKCOLOR, (WPARAM)0,
                    (LPARAM)CLR_NONE );

Items background becomes black every time text is added to the item, but its subitems are transparent as they should be.

I have tried using custom draw, although I have never done custom draw before, specifying CLR_NONE, as text's background, but the effect is the same.

Everything works fine, if I specify some "normal" color as list view's background, yet if I try with CLR_NONE, I always get black background in list view's items( again, subitems are painted correctly ).

Please help, with some suggestions/ code examples/ links/ tutorials, I doubt I can solve this on my own.

That would be all, thanks again to everyone who will try to help.

I work in MS Visual Studio Express 2008, on Windows XP, in C++, using pure WIN32 API.

If any other information is required ( source code or something similar ), please ask for it, I will more than gladly supply it.