By switching to the new XTP12.1.1 I found another problem by using CDialogBar inside a MDIChildWnd frame. By applying a skin the system color is used anyway for the background (see the screenshot).

Previously this worked well. For reproducing the problem I�ve included a sample based on your SkinMDISample project. I hope you as usual have a simple workaround for this issue.

uploads/20090202_083111_SkinMDISample.rar

Thanks in advance and best regards.

Mikhail Tyukin.

XTP12.1.1 XP SP3 VS2003