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- From: bffoust@softart.com (Bill Foust)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.mfc,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Q: Dockable windows with tabs in MFC?
- Date: 17 Jan 1996 14:50:31 GMT
- Organization: Software Artistry
- Message-ID: <4dj2bn$969@cnn.softart.com>
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- In article <30F65AD2.6702@us.oracle.com>, nscroggi@us.oracle.com says...
- >
- >Scott Libert wrote:
- >>
- >> 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.
- >
- >
- >However, I still don't understand how you oriented the
- >tabs so that they were on the bottom (rotated 180 degrees)
- >ala Excel worksheet tabs. Would someone explain? Thanks.
- >
- >--Norm
-
- Today while having two copies of VC up at the same time the resources got
- messed up or something and the tabs at the bottom of the output window got
- messed up. instead of the familiar tabs borders, I got pieces of the red X
- bitmap! Its seems to me then, that the tabs on the output window are
- really a static toolbar(ie non dockable so you can't move it) with statics
- and bitmaps in between. The bitmaps are altered when the statics get a
- click message to create the illusion of having the tabs change. The text
- of the tabs may be buttons with the borders turned off or something if
- statics can't be clicked. The fonts also changed when clicked. In any
- case its a nice little trick, but a shitload of work because they aren't
- using a standard HScroller. The ScrollBars must ALSO be part of the
- toolbar and so they must be handling the scrolling themselves.
-
- Hope that is of some help to ya.
-
- Bill
-
-