Yes this works now. The last thread is correct!
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Yes this works now. The last thread is correct!
To create Labels and PictureBoxes, supply Static as the classname. For an OptionButton, use the Button class, and make the style consist of the BS_RADIOBUTTON style. For a checkbox, use the Button class with the BS_CHECKBOX style.
I was able to create checkbox and option button in just a second but How do create a lable,textbox, picturebox? How do I use Static? I did not understand that thing. Can you give me an example. And also how do change the properties of a button, or any other activex control. Let us say that if the user clicks on the button and I want to change the caption of that button. How do I do that. Is there any othe website for this kind of programming except
www.winprog.org
Thanks guys!
They're not actually ActiveX controls. They're merely child windows of your main window. To change their caption, simply use SetWindowText passing the handle to your control:
For more information on static, look in MSDN :)Code:SetWindowText(hWnd_Button, _T("New Text"));
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Applications often use static controls to label other controls or to separate a group of controls. Although static controls are child windows, they cannot be selected. Therefore, they cannot receive the keyboard focus and cannot have a keyboard interface. A static control that has the SS_NOTIFY style receives mouse input, notifying the parent window when the user clicks or double clicks the control. Static controls belong to the STATIC window class.
Although static controls can be used in overlapped, pop-up, and child windows, they are designed for use in dialog boxes, where the system standardizes their behavior. By using static controls outside dialog boxes, a developer increases the risk that the application might behave in a nonstandard fashion. Typically, a developer either uses static controls in dialog boxes or uses the SS_OWNERDRAW style to create customized static controls.
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Static Control Styles
To create a static control using the CreateWindow or CreateWindowEx function, specify the STATIC class, appropriate window style constants, and a combination of the following static control styles.
Style Description
SS_BITMAP Specifies a bitmap is to be displayed in the static control. The text is the name of a bitmap (not a filename) defined elsewhere in the resource file. The style ignores the nWidth and nHeight parameters; the control automatically sizes itself to accommodate the bitmap.
SS_BLACKFRAME Specifies a box with a frame drawn in the same color as the window frames. This color is black in the default color scheme.
SS_BLACKRECT Specifies a rectangle filled with the current window frame color. This color is black in the default color scheme.
SS_CENTER Specifies a simple rectangle and centers the text in the rectangle. The text is formatted before it is displayed. Words that extend past the end of a line are automatically wrapped to the beginning of the next centered line. Words that are longer than the width of the control are truncated.
SS_CENTERIMAGE Specifies that, if the bitmap or icon is smaller than the client area of the static control, the rest of the client area is filled with the color of the pixel in the top left corner of the bitmap or icon. If the static control contains a single line of text, the text is centered vertically in the client area of the control.
SS_ENDELLIPSIS Windows NT/2000: If the end of a string does not fit in the rectangle, it is truncated and ellipses are added. If a word that is not at the end of the string goes beyond the limits of the rectangle, it is truncated without ellipses.
Compare with SS_PATHELLIPSIS and SS_WORDELLIPSIS.
SS_ENHMETAFILE Specifies an enhanced metafile is to be displayed in the static control. The text is the name of a metafile. An enhanced metafile static control has a fixed size; the metafile is scaled to fit the static control's client area.
SS_ETCHEDFRAME Draws the frame of the static control using the EDGE_ETCHED edge style. For more information, see the DrawEdge function.
SS_ETCHEDHORZ Draws the top and bottom edges of the static control using the EDGE_ETCHED edge style. For more information, see the DrawEdge function.
SS_ETCHEDVERT Draws the left and right edges of the static control using the EDGE_ETCHED edge style. For more information, see the DrawEdge function.
SS_GRAYFRAME Specifies a box with a frame drawn with the same color as the screen background (desktop). This color is gray in the default color scheme.
SS_GRAYRECT Specifies a rectangle filled with the current screen background color. This color is gray in the default color scheme.
SS_ICON Specifies an icon is to be displayed in the dialog box. If the control is created as part of a dialog box, the text is the name of an icon (not a filename) defined elsewhere in the resource file. If the control is created via CreateWindow or a related function, the text is the name of an icon (not a filename) defined in the resource file associated with the module specified by the hInstance parameter to CreateWindow. The icon can be an animated cursor. The style ignores the nWidth and nHeight parameters; the control automatically sizes itself to accommodate the icon.
SS_LEFT Specifies a simple rectangle and left-aligns the text in the rectangle. The text is formatted before it is displayed. Words that extend past the end of a line are automatically wrapped to the beginning of the next left-aligned line. Words that are longer than the width of the control are truncated.
SS_LEFTNOWORDWRAP Specifies a simple rectangle and left-aligns the text in the rectangle. Tabs are expanded, but words are not wrapped. Text that extends past the end of a line is clipped.
SS_NOPREFIX Prevents interpretation of any ampersand (&) characters in the control's text as accelerator prefix characters. These are displayed with the ampersand removed and the next character in the string underlined. This static control style may be included with any of the defined static controls. You can combine SS_NOPREFIX with other styles. This can be useful when filenames or other strings that may contain an ampersand (&) must be displayed in a static control in a dialog box.
SS_NOTIFY Sends the parent window STN_CLICKED, STN_DBLCLK, STN_DISABLE, and STN_ENABLE notification messages when the user clicks or double-clicks the control.
SS_OWNERDRAW Specifies that the owner of the static control is responsible for drawing the control. The owner window receives a WM_DRAWITEM message whenever the control needs to be drawn.
SS_PATHELLIPSIS Windows 2000: Replaces characters in the middle of the string with ellipses so that the result fits in the specified rectangle. If the string contains backslash (\) characters, SS_PATHELLIPSIS preserves as much as possible of the text after the last backslash.
Compare with SS_ENDELLIPSIS and SS_WORDELLIPSIS.
SS_REALSIZEIMAGE Prevents a static icon or bitmap control (that is, static controls that have the SS_ICON or SS_BITMAP style) from being resized as it is loaded or drawn. If the icon or bitmap is larger than the destination area, the image is clipped.
SS_RIGHT Specifies a simple rectangle and right-aligns the text in the rectangle. The text is formatted before it is displayed. Words that extend past the end of a line are automatically wrapped to the beginning of the next right-aligned line. Words that are longer than the width of the control are truncated.
SS_RIGHTJUST Specifies that the lower right corner of a static control with the SS_BITMAP or SS_ICON style is to remain fixed when the control is resized. Only the top and left sides are adjusted to accommodate a new bitmap or icon.
SS_SIMPLE Specifies a simple rectangle and displays a single line of left-aligned text in the rectangle. The text line cannot be shortened or altered in any way. Also, if the control is disabled, the control does not gray its text.
SS_SUNKEN Draws a half-sunken border around a static control.
SS_WHITEFRAME Specifies a box with a frame drawn with the same color as the window background. This color is white in the default color scheme.
SS_WHITERECT Specifies a rectangle filled with the current window background color. This color is white in the default color scheme.
SS_WORDELLIPSIS Windows NT/2000: Truncates any word that does not fit in the rectangle and adds ellipses.
Compare with SS_ENDELLIPSIS and SS_PATHELLIPSIS.
That was perfect. I could create a lablel, frame, etc., but where is the style to create a textbox, toolbar?
I have these classes:
Button
Static
The class to create a window
Is that it or there are more types of classes. If there are then what are those?
A text box is the EDIT class.
For a toolbar, you use the CreateToolbarEx function. If you look in the Platform SDK under User Interface Services then there's loads of descriptions on how to use everything :)