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Win32: Having a dialog as a child of another window

Evil Bill · 2003-11-11T20:39:02

I''m trying to get a dialog window (created with CreateDialog()), to be the child window of another window (which is created with DialogBox() [although it shouldn''t matter]). The reason is, i''m trying to create a settings page for my app. I have at least 13 pages, and i''ll be adding more, so my property sheet is getting rather crowded. So i was thinking of having a listbox control on the left of my settings dialog, and a space where i could have a dialog for the settings for each page. I''ve tried using SetParent(), but that freezes the app (neither dialog is displayed, but the dialog gets created, because i can;t click on the main app window). Has anyone made a settings page like this before? Cheers, Steve

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Started by Evil Bill November 08, 2003 03:27 PM

37 comments, last by Evil Bill 20 years, 5 months ago

Mastaba

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November 11, 2003 08:17 PM

To tell the truth, there are some additional style my dialog uses. They all are, WS_CHILD, WS_VISIBLE, and WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT.

Mastaba

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November 11, 2003 08:19 PM

Or since you want to see the whole template:

IDD_CATALOG_VIEW DIALOGEX 0, 0, 566, 378STYLE WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLEEXSTYLE WS_EX_CONTROLPARENTFONT 8, "MS Sans Serif"BEGIN    CONTROL         "List2",IDC_PICLIST,"SysListView32",LVS_REPORT |                     LVS_SHOWSELALWAYS | WS_BORDER | WS_TABSTOP,7,31,272,324    CONTROL         "",IDC_PREVIEW,"Static",SS_BLACKRECT | SS_NOTIFY |                     SS_SUNKEN,284,31,275,160    CONTROL         "",IDC_PROPERTIES,"Static",SS_ETCHEDFRAME | SS_SUNKEN,                    284,203,275,152END

Evil Bill

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November 11, 2003 08:19 PM

Ahh, i forgot about WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT. If i include that style, the dialog appears, but i can move both the parent window and the dialog around freely, and i can set the focus to either (by clicking them)

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Evil Bill

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November 11, 2003 08:23 PM

Copying that code (and making up values to go in resource.h) crashes the app (it exists). Removing everything between "BEGIN" and "END" gives the same result as the image i posted, except the window is much bigger.

Edit: Ooh, its working now - i assume it didn't compile the resources or something. Lemme investigate fiurther.

Thanks!

[edited by - Evil Bill on November 11, 2003 9:24:54 PM]

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Mastaba

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November 11, 2003 08:24 PM

You can''t use WS_POPUP with WS_CHILD.