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. This code actually creates a custom control, instead of using an edit control. Download sample. IPTest.exe demonstrates an MFC-based custom control which is very similar to the one used in the Windows NT 4.0 “Network” applet in Control Panel. The custom control can be used in a dialog or a property page; I haven’t […]

I took the hint of Moshe Stolar to display black text in a disabled ComboBox to develope a small class whith more color control. In addition it can act like a drop down list an You may switch between drop down box mode and drop list mode with a simple call to SetReadOnly(). ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// #if […]

Some were of the drop-down style where a list of predefined entries is displayed but the user may also add a new entry if the one he wants is not there. MFC provides good functionality for both of these styles. The drop-list style also has basic type ahead functionality. If the user presses a key […]

I hope that the picture I am hereby attaching speaks for itself: the IP-address in Fig.2 is easily readable, while the parameters in Fig.1 are not. The same problem is encountered in Windows’ Find File, the one that you run from the Start button menu. While it performs the search, the search pattern is dimmed. […]

Environment: VC++ 5.0 , Windows NT 4.0   This article explains how to drop down a tool window from a combobox. The dropdown tool window will replace the default dropdown list in an ordinary combobox. The following procedure describes how to go about it: Step 1: When the user clicks the arrow button in the […]

Download Source Code The purpose of TComboBox is to make life easier for programmers when dealing with comboboxes that need to store a string, integer, etc. value as the code for any given string that is displayed. The “code” that I am referring to is the item data of the combobox itself (see the SetItemData() […]

This color picker behaves just like the ones in the “Appearance” tab of the Display properties dialog. Here is how the button looks like: The picker has a “most recently used colors” feature. If you click on the “Other” button and select a color that is not in the current set, the least recently used […]

It is a Motif Option Menu Widget. This particular widget would be very useful to developers porting their application natively on NT/Windows from Unix/Motif environment. (You would see the documentation about it in the main application window) The option button looks like this: After you have clicked on it, it looks like this: Download the […]

I recently wanted to allow certain color selection in one of my 16 bits projects like Excel offers in it’s toolbar. The following code acomplishes exactly that. My projet is a 16 bits application so the exemple is in 16 bits build with MSVC 1.52, but I sure you can recompile it in 32 bits. […]

You can see this effect on some multimedia programs: as you drag mouse over the button, the button will animate. The whole thing is in CAniButton class derived from CButton. Use CAniButton as a normal CButton (Style must be Owner draw) On Init dialog simply use LoadAVI( AVI_ID ) where AVI_ID is ID of AVI […]

This is CTrackLookButton class like in IE 3.0 Download the sample and click on help about. The implemantation is a trivial like all buttons Download Sample.

Ever want large size text in your about box or splash screen? How about text with a raised 3D appearance? Well, this class will do it for you. Simply add a button to your dialog. Set the button label to the text required – it will enlarge itself to fill the button, so make the […]