I have to create a dialog based application, instead of old CFormView type of design. But CDialog produces fixed-size dialogs. How can I create dialog based applications with resizable dialogs?
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There is no easy way to do this. Basically, you will need to dynamically layout controls when the window size is changed.
See http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dialog/resizabledialog.aspx for an example
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In the RC resource file if the dialog has this style similar to this it will be fixed size:
IDD_DIALOG_DIALOG DIALOGEX 0, 0, 320, 201
STYLE DS_MODALFRAME | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
If the dialog has this style it will be sizeable:
IDD_DIALOG_DIALOG DIALOGEX 0, 0, 320, 201
STYLE WS_POPUP | WS_VISIBLE | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU | WS_THICKFRAME
With these sizable frame options the dialog will be re-sizeable but you will still need to do a lot of work handling the WM_SIZE message to manage the sizing an positioning of the controls within the dialog.
jussij
2008-09-26 06:46:44
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I've tried many MFC layout libraries and found this one the best: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dialog/layoutmgr.aspx. Check out the comments there for some bug fixes and improvements (disclaimer: some of them by me ;) ). When you use this library, setting the correct resize flags on your window will be handled for you.
Roel
2008-09-26 13:55:41