How to prevent controls( tabs ) from blinking and

When sliding the trackbar and release the mouse button, the whole window flashes and the tabs dissappear.

When I use the old version, everything works properly!

When I use the new Microsoft Windows Common Controls ver.6.0, this problem is observed !!!

#include <windows.h>
#include <commctrl.h>
#include <tchar.h>

#pragma comment(lib,"comctl32.lib")
HWND hWin, hTab;

#if defined _M_X64
#pragma comment(linker,"/manifestdependency:\"type='win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' processorArchitecture='amd64' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\"")
#elif defined _M_IA64
#pragma comment(linker,"/manifestdependency:\"type='win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' processorArchitecture='ia64' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\"")
#elif defined _M_IX86
#pragma comment(linker,"/manifestdependency:\"type='win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' processorArchitecture='x86' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\"")
#else
#pragma comment(linker,"/manifestdependency:\"type='win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' processorArchitecture='*' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\"")
#endif

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProcedure( HWND hWnd, UINT Msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam ) {
    switch( Msg ) {
        case WM_CREATE:{
            HINSTANCE hInst = GetModuleHandle( NULL );
            RECT rc;
            int dx, dy;

            GetClientRect( hWnd, &rc );
            dx = rc.right - rc.left;
            dy = rc.bottom - rc.top;

            TCITEM tie = { TCIF_TEXT | TCIF_IMAGE, 0, 0, NULL, 0, -1, 0 };

            hTab = CreateWindowEx( NULL, WC_TABCONTROL, _T(""), WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD | WS_CLIPSIBLINGS, 0, 0, dx, dy, hWnd, ( HMENU )( DWORDLONG )1001, hInst, NULL );

            tie.pszText = _T("Tab One");
            TabCtrl_InsertItem( hTab, 0, &tie );
            tie.pszText = _T("Tab Two");
            TabCtrl_InsertItem( hTab, 1, &tie );

            CreateWindowEx( NULL, TRACKBAR_CLASS, _T(""), WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD | WS_TABSTOP, 50, 50, 200, 40, hTab, ( HMENU )1002, hInst, NULL );
        }
        break;

        case WM_NOTIFY: {
            LPNMHDR ns = (LPNMHDR)lParam;
            if( (ns->idFrom == 1001) && (ns->code == TCN_SELCHANGING) )
                return FALSE;
        }
        break;

        case WM_DESTROY:
            PostQuitMessage(0);
            break;

        default:
            return (DefWindowProc(hWnd, Msg, wParam, lParam));
    }

    return FALSE;
}

INT WINAPI WinMain( HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow ) {
    INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX icc = { sizeof( INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX ), ICC_WIN95_CLASSES };
    WNDCLASSEX  WndClsEx;
    MSG         Msg;

    ZeroMemory( &WndClsEx, sizeof( WNDCLASSEX ) );
    WndClsEx.cbSize        = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
    WndClsEx.style         = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW;
    WndClsEx.lpfnWndProc   = WndProcedure;
    WndClsEx.hIcon         = LoadIcon( NULL, IDI_APPLICATION );
    WndClsEx.hCursor       = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW );
    WndClsEx.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)COLOR_BTNSHADOW;
    WndClsEx.lpszClassName = _T("Trackbar_Tester");
    WndClsEx.hInstance     = hInstance;

    RegisterClassEx(&WndClsEx);
    InitCommonControlsEx( &icc );

    if( !(hWin = CreateWindow( WndClsEx.lpszClassName, _T("TB_Tester"), WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, 0, 0, 600, 400, NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL )) )
        return 0;

    ShowWindow( hWin, SW_SHOWNORMAL );
    UpdateWindow( hWin );

    while( GetMessage(&Msg, NULL, 0, 0) ) {
        TranslateMessage( &Msg );
        DispatchMessage( &Msg );
    }

    return (int)Msg.wParam;
}

That's the whole program.

I give a compact example.

If you run it, you will see the problem.

If you comment the new controls, the problem will disappear.

The tab control common control is not going to manage separate content panes for you, so if you want that track bar to be a child of the tab control that works in the way we expect a tab control to work, you need to manage child panes yourself.

You can use "TabCtrl_AdjustRect" to figure out how big the child panes need to be. See the following modification of your code, for example:

#define TAB_ID 2000

HWND hWin, hTab;
HWND g_tabPanes[2];

HWND CreateTabPane(HWND tabctrl, int id, HINSTANCE instance)
{
    RECT rcTab;
    GetClientRect(tabctrl, &rcTab);
    TabCtrl_AdjustRect(tabctrl, FALSE, &rcTab);
    int wd = rcTab.right - rcTab.left;
    int hgt = rcTab.bottom - rcTab.top;
    return CreateWindow(
        L"static", L"", 
        WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_CLIPSIBLINGS, 
        rcTab.left, rcTab.top, wd, hgt, 
        tabctrl, 
        (HMENU) id, 
        instance, 
        NULL
    );
}

LRESULT CALLBACK WndProcedure(HWND hWnd, UINT Msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) {
    switch (Msg) {
    case WM_CREATE: {
            HINSTANCE hInst = GetModuleHandle(NULL);
            RECT rc; int dx, dy;

            GetClientRect(hWnd, &rc);
            dx = rc.right - rc.left;
            dy = rc.bottom - rc.top;

            TCITEM tie = {
                TCIF_TEXT | TCIF_IMAGE,
                0, 0,
                NULL,
                0, -1, 0
            };

            hTab = CreateWindowEx(NULL, WC_TABCONTROL, _T(""),
                WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD | WS_CLIPSIBLINGS,
                0, 0, dx, dy, hWnd,
                (HMENU)1001, hInst, NULL
            );

            tie.pszText = (LPWSTR)_T("Tab One");
            TabCtrl_InsertItem(hTab, 0, &tie);

            tie.pszText = (LPWSTR)_T("Tab Two");
            TabCtrl_InsertItem(hTab, 1, &tie);

            for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++)
                g_tabPanes[i] = CreateTabPane(hTab, TAB_ID + i, hInst);

            CreateWindowEx(NULL, TRACKBAR_CLASS, _T(""), WS_VISIBLE | WS_CHILD | WS_TABSTOP, 
                50, 50, 200, 40, g_tabPanes[0], (HMENU)1002, hInst, NULL);
        }
        break;

        case WM_NOTIFY: {   
            LPNMHDR ns = (LPNMHDR)lParam; 
            if ((ns->idFrom == 1001) && (ns->code == TCN_SELCHANGE)) {
                int pane = TabCtrl_GetCurSel(hTab);
                for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++)
                    if (pane == i)
                        ShowWindow(g_tabPanes[i], SW_SHOW);
                    else
                        ShowWindow(g_tabPanes[i], SW_HIDE);
            }
        } break;


        case WM_DESTROY: 
            PostQuitMessage(0); 
            break;
        default: return (DefWindowProc(hWnd, Msg, wParam, lParam));
        }
    return FALSE;
}

INT WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow) {
    INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX icc = { 
        sizeof(INITCOMMONCONTROLSEX), 
        ICC_WIN95_CLASSES 
    };

    WNDCLASSEX  WndClsEx;
    MSG         Msg;

    ZeroMemory(&WndClsEx, sizeof(WNDCLASSEX));
    WndClsEx.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
    WndClsEx.style = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW;
    WndClsEx.lpfnWndProc = WndProcedure;
    WndClsEx.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
    WndClsEx.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
    WndClsEx.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)COLOR_BTNSHADOW;
    WndClsEx.lpszClassName = _T("Trackbar_Tester");
    WndClsEx.hInstance = hInstance;
    RegisterClassEx(&WndClsEx);

    InitCommonControlsEx(&icc);

    if (!(hWin = CreateWindow(WndClsEx.lpszClassName, _T("TB_Tester"), WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW| WS_CLIPSIBLINGS, 0, 0, 600, 400, NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL)))
        return 0;

    ShowWindow(hWin, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
    UpdateWindow(hWin);

    while (GetMessage(&Msg, NULL, 0, 0))  { 
        TranslateMessage(&Msg); 
        DispatchMessage(&Msg); 
    }
    return (int)Msg.wParam;
}