C++ Controls in your app (updated) - now with tutorial

C++
Controls in your app - Now with tutorial

Hi, this is the update to my
code "Real C++ Controls in your app" which I submitted at the
beginning of September.

Now somebody posted that this
code isn´t explained well and so I wrote this tutorial.

If there would still be any
problems just E-Mail me at

druid-developing@gmx.de

Important note: This tutorial
is also included in the .zip file. You don´t have to read it here.

1. How to use
this code in your app

First you have to include
the modMain.bas in your project.

Then goto the menu "Project"
and click "Properties of ...".

In this window set the
Start Object to "Sub Main".

In the Sub Main which is
in the modMain you can now create the controls.

Call the function like
this:

Hwnd of the
control = CreateControl( "Edit" (Classname) , "This is a TextBox"
(Text) , 3 (Left) , 3 (Top) , 100 (Width) , 50 (Height) , (Optional Style) )

That´s it! No difficult API Calls, not
much code, just ONE FUNCTION!

Very easy to use, even
for beginners.

2. How to
interact with the controls

If you want to use the
controls like normal controls, with Events and Properties it is a bit more
difficult.

For  every Property
and Event you firs need the WindowHandle of the control.

You get it from the
CreateControl function (look above).

If you want to get e.g.
the Text of a created TextBox control you can do it like this:

'Declare
Variable to save the WindowHandle

Public TextBoxHwnd as Long

'Create the
TextBox

TextBoxHwnd =
CreateControl( "Edit" , "Text to get" ,  3 , 3 , 100 ,
40 )

Using this Function you
can get the actual Text of the TextBox

Function
Get_Text_Of_Control(ByVal cHwnd as Long) as String

Dim
ControlText As String

ControlText = Space(254)

'Use the GetWindowText API to get the actual
text of the TextBox control

    GetWindowText
cHwnd ,
ControlText , 254

Get_Text_Of_Control
= Trim(ControlText)

End Function

Use this function like
this:

TextBoxText =
Get_Text_Of_Control(TextBoxHwnd)

MsgBox
TextBoxText

To use an Event, e.g. the click Event of
a Button you can do it like this:

'Declare
Variable to save the WindowHandle

Public ButtonHwnd as Long

'To save the old WindowProcedure for the button

Public gButOldProc as Long

'Create the
Button

ButtonHwnd =
CreateControl( "Button" , "Click this button" ,  3 , 3
, 100 , 40 )

  'Get the address of the standard button procedure and save it in
"gButOldProc"

gButOldProc& = GetWindowLong(ButtonHwnd&,
GWL_WNDPROC)

'Use GWL_WNDPROC to save the adress of the procedure for the
button

'You have to do this for every control you want to have a procedure

  Call SetWindowLong(ButtonHwnd&, GWL_WNDPROC, GetAddress(AddressOf ButtonWndProc))

'This is the procedure that is called when you click the button

Public Function ButtonWndProc(ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal uMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, ByVal lParam As Long) As Long

  Select Case uMsg&

  Case WM_LBUTTONUP:

'Left button is up (user clicked the Button)

'Use
"WM_LBUTTONDOWN"

MsgBox
"The button was clicked"

'Call the standard window proc

  ButtonWndProc = CallWindowProc(gButOldProc&, hwnd&, uMsg&, wParam&, lParam&)

End Function

3. Final
Explanations

The special thing on this
code is that you can use every registered Windows class name for a control.

You can also create an
own class name using the API "RegisterWindowClass".

That´s all for today,
bye.

Maybe I update this code
once more.

PS: Please excuse me
for my bad English, I´m German.

And PLEASE,
PLEASE, PLEASE VOTE FOR ME!!!