Codejock Developer Community : Does a Pseudo-Group-Box Control Exist http://forum.codejock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:02:15 +0000 Tue, 06 Dec 2005 10:43:50 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 forum.codejock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3198 <![CDATA[Codejock Developer Community]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_images/codejock-logo.gif http://forum.codejock.com/ <![CDATA[Does a Pseudo-Group-Box Control Exist : Thanks Oleg ! I hated hardcoding...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3198&PID=10043&title=does-a-pseudogroupbox-control-exist#10043 Author: Warren
Subject: 3198
Posted: 06 December 2005 at 10:43am

Thanks Oleg !

I hated hardcoding that colour (as you could probably tell by thecomment in my code), but I couldn't find the proper colour in theenourmous list of possible values for the theme API, and I didn't wantto spend all day tracking it down.

I found the documentation for the Theme API is unusually bad byMicrosoft's standards - maybe they had a summer student write it up

I will update my code and article.

Thanks again...

Warren
]]> Tue, 06 Dec 2005 10:43:50 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3198&PID=10043&title=does-a-pseudogroupbox-control-exist#10043 <![CDATA[Does a Pseudo-Group-Box Control Exist : Hi, Hint for you article: I...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3198&PID=10041&title=does-a-pseudogroupbox-control-exist#10041 Author: Oleg
Subject: 3198
Posted: 06 December 2005 at 9:27am

Hi,

Hint for you article:

I saw in you code color of group box hardcoded. to get color you can use:

COLORREF clrLine;

GetThemeColor(theme, BP_GROUPBOX, GBS_NORMAL, TMT_BORDERCOLORHINT, &clrLine)

 

ps... We implemented our version of CGroupLine :) for CommandBars Customize Dialog.

]]> Tue, 06 Dec 2005 09:27:36 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3198&PID=10041&title=does-a-pseudogroupbox-control-exist#10041 <![CDATA[Does a Pseudo-Group-Box Control Exist : This is resolved. I ended up writing...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3198&PID=9663&title=does-a-pseudogroupbox-control-exist#9663 Author: Warren
Subject: 3198
Posted: 17 November 2005 at 12:50pm

This is resolved.  I ended up writing this control myself (I wrote the whole thing myself - it's not based on any Codejock code) I posted the results as an article on CodeProject, if anyone else is interested in adding something like this to their project, the article is here:

http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/GroupLine.asp

Codejock: If you want to add my control / any parts of it to the Xtreme Tookit, you're welcome to it...

Warren
]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:50:53 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3198&PID=9663&title=does-a-pseudogroupbox-control-exist#9663 <![CDATA[Does a Pseudo-Group-Box Control Exist : Yes, that&#039;s the work-around...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3198&PID=9577&title=does-a-pseudogroupbox-control-exist#9577 Author: Warren
Subject: 3198
Posted: 11 November 2005 at 7:54am

Yes, that's the work-around I have used before (i.e. the horizontaletched line), but that doesn't give the text the "Themed" Blue text,and the horizontal etched line is a bit darker than thepseudo-group-box control used by Microsoft.

If I think of a good solution, I'll try to post something...

Warren



]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2005 07:54:11 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3198&PID=9577&title=does-a-pseudogroupbox-control-exist#9577 <![CDATA[Does a Pseudo-Group-Box Control Exist : Hi, In Xtreme Toolkit pro there...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3198&PID=9569&title=does-a-pseudogroupbox-control-exist#9569 Author: Oleg
Subject: 3198
Posted: 11 November 2005 at 2:47am

Hi,

In Xtreme Toolkit pro there is no such control but, you right it can be separate controls

See Options page of Customise Dialog (you can find this line)

CONTROL         "",IDC_STATIC,"Static",SS_ETCHEDHORZ,122,9,101,1

]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2005 02:47:48 +0000 http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3198&PID=9569&title=does-a-pseudogroupbox-control-exist#9569 <![CDATA[Does a Pseudo-Group-Box Control Exist : Easy Question. Maybe an easy answer? I&#039;m...]]> http://forum.codejock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3198&PID=9552&title=does-a-pseudogroupbox-control-exist#9552 Author: Warren
Subject: 3198
Posted: 10 November 2005 at 9:44am

Easy Question. Maybe an easy answer?

I'm looking for a control that draws a divider line, like Microsoftuses (the image is from the Word 2003->Tools->Options dialog). Icall it a Pseudo-Group Box, because the colours/theme are the same asa group box, but it's just the top edge of the group box.



Is this in the Xtreme Toolkit? I've looked around, but the Toolkit has so much functionality that I though I might have just overlooked it.

I could make them out of separate controls (e.g. a divider lineoverlapped by some static text, that is coloured differently), but Ididn't think that was very elegant. What I was hoping for is one staticcontrol, that I could stretch out to the whole width, and the controlwould put the text on one side, and just draw the line from a slightbit past the end of the text to the other side of the control.

Thanks

Warren
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