Dailogbox based win32 application

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Hi,,

m creating a Win32 application , based on dialog box

I want to create an arrow button to expand my dialog box , just like a copy dialog box in windows 7, which has arrow to show more details.

please replay ..

Posted 27-Sep-10 19:03pm

perry.p

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«_Superman_» · Answer 1 · 2010-09-27T20:02:00

Solution 1

This is done by resizing the dialog.

Initially when designing the dialog, it is done in full size.
In the OnInitDialog function, use SetWindowPos and specify and smaller value for the cy parameter.
When the button is clicked, call SetWindowPos again with the full value for the cy parameter.

Posted 27-Sep-10 20:02pm

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perry.p 28-Sep-10 2:50am

Thanx a lot for help,

I m try to do this,

But please ensure that, i want to hide some controls, while dialog box is in normal mode , when i click on that "arrow button" it show extra options (control) to use in application.

If u provide me an example for this, then it 'll be more help full for me.

thanx a lot, «_Superman_»

parry.

«_Superman_» 28-Sep-10 3:02am

To show/hide controls you can do GetDlgItem(IDC_CONTROL)->ShowWindow(SW_SHOW/SW_HIDE);

perry.p 28-Sep-10 8:09am

i want to hide control initially, and showing only when click on more(button),

«_Superman_» 28-Sep-10 8:15am

You can either view the properties of the control in the dialog template editor and then set the Visible property to False.
Or you can call ShowWindow with SW_HIDE in the WM_INITDIALOG message handler.

Richard MacCutchan · Answer 2 · 2010-09-27T23:06:00

Solution 3

I suspect you are thinking of the Task Dialog[^] which allows for displaying a considerable amount of detail for long running processes.

Posted 27-Sep-10 23:06pm

Richard MacCutchan

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perry.p 28-Sep-10 8:06am

yes, I want to put "show details" on Task Dialog type functionality in my dialog based Win32 application..