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X-Tools · Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:14 am Post subject: Real SideTabs ?

Hi,

is there a way to make real sidetabs in VDS, maybe through api ?

I am searching for sidetabs with vertical text on it, not horizontal.

Thanks for your help.

Bye, Fabian

P.S. Some month ago there was a thread on this forum about all windows elements that can be placed on a vds dialog with the new vds5 update (trees, windows-style dateboxes, ...). I cannot find this thread anymore. Does somebody know where it is ?

Skit3000 · Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 11:01 am Post subject:

I think you mean [ this ] topic. For your question about sidetabs, I think you should be able to do that by giving the VDS tabs the right style with one of these APIs: GetWindowLongA and SetWindowLongA... Smile

CodeScript · Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 12:32 pm Post subject:

yeah skit - but he want's the text to be vertical - I guess difficult in VDS.
I may add post an example using VDSGUI DLL if possible (should be possible).

I may simplify this to a single command to do all the things
under GUI SET,DIALOGSTYLE being developed - but this will be only
after I complete documentation for multicolored bitlist.

CodeScript · Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 1:32 pm Post subject:

Here is the code for VDS 5.

Get VDSGUI DLL from here :
http://www.vdsworld.com/index.php?page=download&fileid=385

CodeScript · Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2004 4:47 pm Post subject:

I tested the above with XP manifest and it won't work - in all other sitautions it works.
This is becuse M$ has removed support for vertical style
in ComCtl32.dll version 6 that comes with XP.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/commctls/tab/styles.asp
So having your own OWNER DRAWN control is the only solution if U want XP manifest.

X-Tools · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 3:57 pm Post subject:

Hi,

thanks for your help.
Is there a way to make it work on xp ?

I have another question related on vdsgui.
Can you add a command for making the tooltip of a element be shown ? (To notify the user about a change on a field for example.)

Thanks.

Bye, Fabian

CodeScript · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 4:39 pm Post subject:

Hi X-Tools
It works even now on XP - but you should not include XP mainifest in your exe. Ofcourse this means that you can't have XP styles to your buttons etc.
I will see if I can somehow Isolate your tab from using XP styles.

As for tooltips I have tried it thatway but some how seems to hang.

In XP again I can add such a command easily but I guess U want it to work on older OS too.

I will look into it again.

CodeScript · Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2004 6:17 pm Post subject:

Now should work well on Win XP too.
BTW I think this thread should go to Advanced section.

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