How to place controls on a window

[samudrala_99]

I am developing a notepad package using windows API.

To acheive that I need to place windows common controls on a window but not on a dialog box

Can any body suggest me a solution for placing windows common controls on a window

bye
vamshi

[master5001]

No problem. But I must warn you, you can't make the controls in your resource file. Just use the CreateWindow() function.

[novacain]

use the

WS_CHILD style

in the

CreateWindowEx()

cast the

HMENU

param to an int ID number

(HMENU)IDC_MYCHILDCTRL,

I like to define them

#define IDC_MYCHILDCTRL 40001

the

hWndParent

defines the callback (wndproc) to which the controls messages will be sent.

Remember to

InitCommonControlsEx()

if using the more complex controls

You will have to code for different window sizes / resizes ect

[Ken Fitlike]

>>But I must warn you, you can't make the controls in your resource file<<

You can if you use the CONTROL resource definition statement but you still need to use InitCommonControlsEx to load in comctl32.dll.

Nice avatar, BTW, master5001.

[master5001]

Thanks Ken. As far as using CONTROL's I would say that it is no less work using CreateWindow() or CreateWindowEx(). But that is just a matter of preference I suppose

[Ken Fitlike]

My preference would be for CreateWindowEx, too.