Enhanced GroupBox Control

Environment: VC6, Win98/NT4/2K

If you want to customize the look of the standard GroupBox control then the
SxGroupBox class can be most helpful for you. It provides functions for customizing
the font, color, and style. Most of the work is done in the OnPaint message handler.
You can easily change the OnPaint function yourself to add other effects such as rounded
corners or other line styles or box styles.

You can follow these steps to use the class:

1. Include the SxGroupBox.h header file in your dialog class header file.
2. Use class wizard to create a control data member of type
   CSxGroupBox.  If the CSxGroupBox type does not appear in the class
   wizard control type combobox then just choose CButton and then manually edit your dialog
   class header file and replace the CButton with CSxGroupBox.  
3. Add whatever commands you want to your dialog class cpp file to customize
   the appearance of the GroupBox.

A sample application is included that shows most of the features of SxGroupBox.

The following code snippet shows how to call some of the functions.

[In File YourDialogClass.h]

#include "SxGroupBox.h"
class YourDialogClass : public CDialog
{
  …
// Dialog Data
  //{{AFX_DATA(YourDialogClass)
  …
  CSxGroupBox	MyGroupBox;
  …
  //}}AFX_DATA
  …
}
[In File YourDialogClass.cpp]
void YourDialogClass::YourFunction()
{
  // create font
  CSxLogFont Arial12b(120,FW_BOLD,false,"Arial");
  // set the custom font, text color, and alignment
  MyGroupBox.SetFont( &Arial12b );
  MyGroupBox.SetTextColor( RGB(100,0,0) );
  MyGroupBox.SetTextAlign( BS_CENTER );
  // set the custom line colors, thickness, and style
  MyGroupBox.SetBoxColors( RGB(100,0,0), RGB(255,100,100) );
  MyGroupBox.SetLineThickness(2);
  MyGroupBox.SetLineStyle( BS_3D );
}

Downloads
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