Thread: Help with a couple of Control Elements

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    Help with a couple of Control Elements

    Just trying to add an edit field and a pushbutton.. so far, only my text displays in a window.. what am I doing wrong..??

    Code:
    #include <windows.h>
    
    HINSTANCE hInstGlobal;
    HWND hButton, hEdit;
    
    /*  Declare Windows procedure  */
    LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProcedure (HWND, UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM);
    
    /*  Make the class name into a global variable  */
    char szClassName[ ] = "Cable Splicer";
    
    int WINAPI WinMain (HINSTANCE hThisInstance,
                        HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
                        LPSTR lpszArgument,
                        int nCmdShow)
    
    {
       hInstGlobal = hThisInstance;
                        
                        
        HWND hwnd;               /* This is the handle for our window */
        MSG messages;            /* Here messages to the application are saved */
        WNDCLASSEX wincl;        /* Data structure for the windowclass */
        
     
    
        /* The Window structure */
        wincl.hInstance = hThisInstance;
        wincl.lpszClassName = szClassName;
        wincl.lpfnWndProc = WindowProcedure;      /* This function is called by windows */
        wincl.style = CS_DBLCLKS;                 /* Catch double-clicks */
        wincl.cbSize = sizeof (WNDCLASSEX);
    
        /* Use default icon and mouse-pointer */
        wincl.hIcon = LoadIcon (NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
        wincl.hIconSm = LoadIcon (NULL, IDI_APPLICATION);
        wincl.hCursor = LoadCursor (NULL, IDC_ARROW);
        wincl.lpszMenuName = NULL;                 /* No menu */
        wincl.cbClsExtra = 0;                      /* No extra bytes after the window class */
        wincl.cbWndExtra = 0;                      /* structure or the window instance */
        /* Use Windows's default color as the background of the window */
        wincl.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH) GetStockObject (WHITE_BRUSH) ;
    
        /* Register the window class, and if it fails quit the program */
        if (!RegisterClassEx (&wincl))
            return 0;
    
        /* The class is registered, let's create the program*/
        hwnd = CreateWindowEx (
               0,                   /* Extended possibilites for variation */
               szClassName,         /* Classname */
               "Cable Splice Calculator",      /* Title Text */
               WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, /* default window */
               CW_USEDEFAULT,       /* Windows decides the position */
               CW_USEDEFAULT,       /* where the window ends up on the screen */
               544,                 /* The programs width */
               375,                 /* and height in pixels */
               HWND_DESKTOP,        /* The window is a child-window to desktop */
               NULL,                /* No menu */
               hThisInstance,       /* Program Instance handler */
               NULL                 /* No Window Creation data */
               );
    
        /* Make the window visible on the screen */
        ShowWindow (hwnd, nCmdShow);
    
        /* Run the message loop. It will run until GetMessage() returns 0 */
        while (GetMessage (&messages, NULL, 0, 0))
        {
            /* Translate virtual-key messages into character messages */
            TranslateMessage(&messages);
            /* Send message to WindowProcedure */
            DispatchMessage(&messages);
        }
    
        /* The program return-value is 0 - The value that PostQuitMessage() gave */
        return messages.wParam;
    }
    
    
    /*  This function is called by the Windows function DispatchMessage()  */
    
    LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProcedure (HWND hwnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
    {
        switch (message)                  /* handle the messages */
        {
            case WM_CREATE:            
                 
                 hButton = CreateWindow("add_button", "ADD", WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE|
                                        BS_PUSHBUTTON, 160, 320, 140, 20, 
                                        hwnd, (HMENU) 1, hInstGlobal, NULL);
                                        
                 hEdit = CreateWindow("cable_count", NULL, WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE|
                                       ES_AUTOHSCROLL, 10, 40, 120, 20,
                                       hwnd, (HMENU) 2, hInstGlobal, NULL);
                 return 0;
                 
            case WM_PAINT:
                 
                 HDC hdc;
                 PAINTSTRUCT ps;
                 
                 hdc = BeginPaint(hwnd, &ps);
                 TextOut(hdc, 10, 10, "Enter Cable Count:", 18);
                 EndPaint(hwnd, &ps);
                 return 0;           
               
            case WM_DESTROY:
                PostQuitMessage (0);       /* send a WM_QUIT to the message queue */
                return 0;
            default:                      /* for messages that we don't deal with */
                return DefWindowProc (hwnd, message, wParam, lParam);
        }
    
        return 0;
    }
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    At a glance, you need to specify the right system class name for the controls.
    Code:
    hEdit = CreateWindow("Edit", NULL, WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE|
                                       ES_AUTOHSCROLL, 10, 40, 120, 20,
                                       hwnd, (HMENU) 2, hInstGlobal, NULL);
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    awesome.. was thinking those string arguments were arbitrary.. good catch.. thanks very much
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