[comp.windows.ms] buttons in the main window

dick@prisma.cv.ruu.nl (Dick Bakker) (03/19/91)

Hello,

I'm writing an application that looks like the paintbrush program
from Microsoft: a main window with a drawing area and some buttons/
controls on each side of this area.

My problem is: I want to have some controls : buttons/listboxes etc
in my main window that can directly be selected by the user.

I used a modeless dialog box that I positioned next to my drawing area
but this is highlighted every time you switch from the graphics area to 
the dialog box.
My questions are:

-1- Can I place a button/list box inside my main window (e.g. with 
    the CreateWindow call)
-2- Can I define these controls in a resource or must they be declared
    in the program itself.
-3- Is there a way to bypass the  highlighting with my modeless dialog
    box inside the main window.

Thanks in advance,

					             Dick Bakker

tedb@hpcvra.cv.hp.com. (Ted Beers) (03/20/91)

/ hpcvra.cv.hp.com:comp.windows.ms / dick@prisma.cv.ruu.nl (Dick Bakker) /  1:43 pm  Mar 18, 1991 /
> My problem is: I want to have some controls : buttons/listboxes etc
> in my main window that can directly be selected by the user.

> I used a modeless dialog box that I positioned next to my drawing area
> but this is highlighted every time you switch from the graphics area to 
> the dialog box.

> Dick Bakker

You can create controls within your main window, without having them be
contained in a dialog box.  See the Windows SDK Guide to Programming,
Chapter 8 ("Controls"), for more information.

Ted W. Beers