CWindow.Adding controlsmethod

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Description

To add controls to the window you can use the AddControl method. Alternatively, you can use the API function CreateWindowEx, but then you will have to do scaling by yourself.

Besides the registered class names for the controls, in many cases you can use easier to remember aliases. For example. you can use "STATUSBAR" instead of "MSCTLS_STATUSBAR32".

The AddControl method also provides default styles for all the Windows controls. Therefore, you can save typing unless you need to use different styles.

For example, to add a button you can use

instead of

For a list of predefined class names and styles, see the AddControl method.

If the application is DPI aware, controls created with the AddControl method are scaled according to the DPI setting.

Examples

pWindow.AddControl("Button", pWindow.hWindow, IDCANCEL, "&Close", 350, 250, 75, 23)

pWindow.AddControl("Button", pWindow.hWindow, IDCANCEL, "&Close", 350, 250, 75, 23, _ WS_CHILD OR WS_VISIBLE OR WS_TABSTOP OR BS_PUSHBUTTON OR BS_CENTER OR BS_VCENTER)

Reference

Include file CWindow.inc
Documented in Windows/Windows GUI/CWindow Class.md
Topic: CWindow Class