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- From: slibert@teleport.com (Scott Libert)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.mfc,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Q: Dockable windows with tabs in MFC?
- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 21:52:50 GMT
- Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016
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- RobertC@ProDentec.com (Robert Christian) wrote:
-
- >Norman Scroggins <nscroggi@us.oracle.com> wrote:
-
- >>Stian Barkbu wrote:
- >>>
- >>> I am trying to create a dockable property sheet (tabbed
- >>> dialog), much like the project workspace in MSVC++ 4.0. Is
- >>> this possible at all?
- >>>
- >>> I have managed to create a tabbed dialog box using the
- >>> CPropertySheet and CPropertyPage classes (or a TabCtrl), and I
- >>> can get a dockable window using CDialogBar. But, a dockable
- >>> window with a tab control seems impossible ( or, at least none
- >>> of my efforts have been successful so far).
- >>> Can anyone help me with this one?
- >>>
- >>> Thanks.
- >>>
- >>> Stian
- >>> snba@sesam.dnv.no
-
- >>I myself have been trying to get some help doing this--with
- >>the added twist of having the tabs oriented on the bottom
- >>instead of the top. Let's keep each other updated on a
- >>solution. Thanks.
-
- >>--Norm
-
- >I'm not certain, but it appears to me that Microsoft is actually
- >performing somewhat of a trick. I don't think they are using property
- >pages, but rather a tab control placed under a tree control. When you
- >select a tab, they hide one tree control and display another...maybe.
-
- >Robert Christian
-
- Just wanted to say I agree with Roger; I have implemented something
- just like that. I have a CView-derived object which creates a
- CTabCtrl as as a child, then creates a CTreeCtrl as a child of the tab
- control. And it all works.
-
- The next step I am working on right now is to have the parent window
- be a CControlBar-derived class instead of CView. I see no problem
- here.
-
- A bigger problem, however, is how to get the "splitter" functionality
- to size the CControlBar-derived object. Since I am using MDI, I can't
- use CSplitterWnd in the main frame, due to the assumptions made in the
- GetParentFrane() method of CMDIChildWnd. My tack at this point is to
- implement special WM_NCPAINT handling to draw what looks like a
- spliitter bar and add WM_NCHITTEST, WM_NCLBUTTONDOWN & WM_NCMOUSEMOVE
- handling to show the "drag splitter" cursor and resize the window.
-
- It seems once this is done the only thing left to do to perform the
- magic that MS does of changing the control bar window from/to a mdi
- child window is to change the parentage of the window.via SetParent().
-
- - Scott L.
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