Hacking the CPropertySheet
By Mustafa DemirhanIntroduction
In my applications, I usually need to change the default look and feel and the behavior of Property Sheets.Working with property sheets and pages is really a pain and you must do most of the work on yourself for non-standard operations
(such as changing the coordinates of the buttons, adding new controls to the property sheet, ...etc).
In this article, I tried to give as many tips and tricks as I can do.
Before going in to the details, you should first create a CPropertySheet derived class - say CMyPropSheet.
Lets begin with some simple things:
Hiding Standards Buttons
When our property sheet shows up, by default it has all the buttons visible and the Apply button is disabled.In general we don't need to use Apply button. To hide the apply button, you can simply use the following code:
propsheet.m_psh.dwFlags |= PSH_NOAPPLYNOW;
However, this does not work for all buttons. A better approach is to get a handle to the specified button and then threat the button as a normal window.Here is a sample code that hides the cancel button:
CWnd *pWnd = GetDlgItem( IDCANCEL );
pWnd->ShowWindow( FALSE );
When we hide the controls using the ShowWindow function all the other controls remain whereever they were.This may give the property sheet and unappealing look. To avoid this, we should reposition the controls manually.
Next subsections shows how to move the controls.
Moving the Standard Buttons
As I mentioned before, once we get the handle to the standard buttons, we can treat them like any other window.The code below first hides Apply and Help buttons, then moves OK and Cancel buttons right.
BOOL CMyPropSheet::OnInitDialog ()
{
BOOL bResult = CPropertySheet::OnInitDialog();
int ids [] = {IDOK, IDCANCEL};//, ID_APPLY_NOW, IDHELP };
// Hide Apply and Help buttons
CWnd *pWnd = GetDlgItem (ID_APPLY_NOW);
pWnd->ShowWindow (FALSE);
pWnd = GetDlgItem (IDHELP);
pWnd->ShowWindow (FALSE);
CRect rectBtn;
int nSpacing = 6; // space between two buttons...
for( int i =0; i < sizeof(ids)/sizeof(int); i++)
{
GetDlgItem (ids [i])->GetWindowRect (rectBtn);
ScreenToClient (&rectBtn);
int btnWidth = rectBtn.Width();
rectBtn.left = rectBtn.left + (btnWidth + nSpacing)* 2;
rectBtn.right = rectBtn.right + (btnWidth + nSpacing)* 2;
GetDlgItem (ids [i])->MoveWindow(rectBtn);
}
return bResult;
}
The following code moves all standard buttons to the right and resizes the property sheet appropriately.BOOL CMyPropSheet::OnInitDialog ()
{
BOOL bResult = CPropertySheet::OnInitDialog();
int ids[] = { IDOK, IDCANCEL, ID_APPLY_NOW };
CRect rectWnd;
CRect rectBtn;
GetWindowRect (rectWnd);
GetDlgItem (IDOK)->GetWindowRect (rectBtn);
int btnWidth = rectBtn.Width();
int btnHeight = rectBtn.Height();
int btnOffset = rectWnd.bottom - rectBtn.bottom;
int btnLeft = rectWnd.right - rectWnd.left;
rectWnd.bottom = rectBtn.top;
rectWnd.right = rectWnd.right + btnWidth + btnOffset;
MoveWindow(rectWnd);
rectBtn.left = btnLeft;
rectBtn.right = btnLeft + btnWidth;
for (int i = 0; i < sizeof (ids) / sizeof (int); i++)
{
rectBtn.top = (i + 1) * btnOffset + btnHeight * i;
rectBtn.bottom = rectBtn.top + btnHeight;
GetDlgItem (ids [i])->MoveWindow (rectBtn);
}
return bResult;
}
Changing the Tab Label
To change the labels at runtime, we just need to get a pointer to the tab control and then use SetItem functions of the tab control.Here is an example:
TC_ITEM item;
item.mask = TCIF_TEXT;
item.pszText = "New Label";
//Change the label of the first tab (0 is the index of the first tab)...
GetTabControl ()->SetItem (0, &item);
Changing the Tab Label Font
This is also similar to changing the label of the tab. Here is an example code:m_NewFont.CreateFont (14, 0, 0, 0, 800, TRUE, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, _T("Arial") );
GetTabControl()->SetFont (&m_NewFont);
Using Images with Tab Labels
In order to use images with the tab labels, first you have to create a CImageList class with the images you want to use in the tab control.The using SetItem method of CTabCtrl class, you should set the images of the items. Here is an example:
BOOL CMyPropSheet::OnInitDialog ()
{
BOOL bResult = CPropertySheet::OnInitDialog();
m_imageList.Create (IDB_MYIMAGES, 13, 1, RGB(255,255,255));
CTabCtrl *pTabCtrl = GetTabControl ();
pTabCtrl->SetImageList (&m_imageList);
TC_ITEM item;
item.mask = TCIF_IMAGE;
for (int i = 0; i < NUMBER_OF_TABS; i++)
{
item.iImage = i;
pTabCtrl->SetItem (i, &item );
}
return bResult;
}
Placing a Bitmap in the Property Sheet
The following code places a bitmap in the left-bottom corner of the property sheet.void CMyPropSheet::OnPaint ()
{
CPaintDC dc(this); // device context for painting
int nOffset = 6;
// load IDB_BITMAP1 from our resources
CBitmap bmp;
if (bmp.LoadBitmap (IDB_BITMAP1))
{
// Get the size of the bitmap
BITMAP bmpInfo;
bmp.GetBitmap (&bmpInfo);
// Create an in-memory DC compatible with the
// display DC we're using to paint
CDC dcMemory;
dcMemory.CreateCompatibleDC (&dc);
// Select the bitmap into the in-memory DC
CBitmap* pOldBitmap = dcMemory.SelectObject (&bmp);
// Find a bottom-left point for the bitmap in the client area
CRect rect;
GetClientRect (&rect);
int nX = rect.left + nOffset;
int nY = rect.top + (rect.Height () - bmpInfo.bmHeight) - nOffset;
// Copy the bits from the in-memory DC into the on-
// screen DC to actually do the painting. Use the centerpoint
// we computed for the target offset.
dc.BitBlt (nX, nY, bmpInfo.bmWidth, bmpInfo.bmHeight, &dcMemory,
0, 0, SRCCOPY);
dcMemory.SelectObject (pOldBitmap);
}
// Do not call CPropertySheet::OnPaint() for painting messages
}
Adding a Control to the Property Sheet
To add your own control to the property sheet, first add a member variable to your header class.The following steps shows you adding an Edit conrol to your property sheet (to the bottom-left corner): In MyPropSheet.h:
public:
CEdit m_edit;
In MyPropSheet.cpp:
BOOL CMyPropSheet::OnInitDialog ()
{
BOOL bResult = CPropertySheet::OnInitDialog ();
CRect rect;
int nHeight = 24;
int nWidth = 120;
int nOffset = 6;
GetClientRect (&rect);
// Find a bottom-left point for the edit control in the client area
int nX = rect.left + nOffset;
int nY = rect.top + (rect.Height() - nHeight) - nOffset;
// finally create the edit control
m_Edit.CreateEx (WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE, _T("EDIT"), NULL,
WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP | WS_BORDER,
nX, nY, nWidth, nHeight, m_hWnd, 0, 0 );
return bResult;
}
A More Complex Scenario
Now we are ready for a more complex operation on these stupid property sheets.Suppose you want to add a header on top of your property sheet.
At first, this seems to be an easy task, but when you implement the first thing in your mind, you would mostly be disappointed.
You need a free space on top of the property sheet.
Thus you need to increase the size of the property sheet, then move all the buttons and tab control.
However this is not enough. The problem is that, when you move your Tab Control, your property pages in the Tab Control will not be moved appropriately.
They will remain on the same coordinates (even though the tab control is moved).
So, you also have to move the first property page on your tab control.
You don't have to move the other property pages, because when you change the active tab, tab control will get the new coordinates automatically and place the property pages correctly.
The problem occurs only when the property sheet is created and firstly shown.
The code below creates an area on top of the property sheet and moves all the controls and property pages accordingly.
You just need to add your header control.
BOOL CMyPropSheet::OnInitDialog ()
{
BOOL bResult = CPropertySheet::OnInitDialog ();
int _PropSheetButtons[] = {IDOK, IDCANCEL, ID_APPLY_NOW, IDHEL };
int m_nHeaderHeight = 70; //The height of the header control
CRect rectWnd;
GetWindowRect (rectWnd);
ScreenToClient (rectWnd);
SetWindowPos (NULL, 0, 0, rectWnd.Width(),
rectWnd.Height() + m_nHeaderHeight,
SWP_NOMOVE | SWP_NOZORDER | SWP_NOACTIVATE);
// create your header control here
//m_HeaderCtrl.CreateEx (NULL, NULL, NULL,
// WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP | WS_BORDER,
// -1, -1, rectWnd.Width (), m_nHeaderHeight - 5, m_hWnd, 0, 0);
//m_HeaderCtrl.SetTitle (m_sTitle);
//m_HeaderCtrl.SetIcon (m_nIcon);
//m_HeaderCtrl.SetDesc (m_sDesc);*/
HWND hWnd = (HWND)GetTabControl ()->m_hWnd;
ASSERT (hWnd != NULL);
CRect rectOld;
::GetWindowRect (hWnd, &rectOld);
ScreenToClient (&rectOld);
::SetWindowPos (hWnd, NULL, rectOld.left,
rectOld.top + m_nHeaderHeight, rectOld.Width (),
rectOld.Height (),
SWP_NOZORDER | SWP_NOACTIVATE);
hWnd = (HWND)m_Page1.m_hWnd; // m_Page1 is assumed to be the first page
// in your property sheet. de corrections accordingly
ASSERT (hWnd != NULL);
::GetWindowRect (hWnd, &rectOld);
ScreenToClient (&rectOld);
::SetWindowPos (hWnd, NULL, rectOld.left,
rectOld.top + m_nHeaderHeight,
rectOld.Width (), rectOld.Height (),
SWP_NOZORDER | SWP_NOACTIVATE);
// move buttons by similar amount
for (int i = 0; i < sizeof (_PropSheetButtons) / sizeof (int); i++)
{
hWnd = ::GetDlgItem (m_hWnd, _PropSheetButtons [i]);
if (hWnd != NULL)
{
::GetWindowRect (hWnd, &rectOld);
ScreenToClient (&rectOld);
::SetWindowPos (hWnd, NULL, rectOld.left,
rectOld.top + m_nHeaderHeight,
rectOld.Width (), rectOld.Height (),
SWP_NOZORDER | SWP_NOACTIVATE);
}
}
// Enable Apply Now button
hWnd = ::GetDlgItem(m_hWnd, ID_APPLY_NOW);
if (hWnd != NULL)
{
::ShowWindow (hWnd, SW_SHOW);
::EnableWindow (hWnd, TRUE);
}
CenterWindow ();
return bResult;
}
So far so good. Now, I want to change the behavior for the OK, Cancel and Apply buttons.For example, when the user clicks on OK or Cancel button, you may want to do something different rather than closing the property sheet.
Here is a general template that can be used to do this kind of stuff:
BOOL CMyPropSheet::OnCommand (WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
// allow message map override
if (CWnd::OnCommand (wParam, lParam))
return TRUE;
// crack message parameters
UINT nID = LOWORD(wParam);
HWND hWndCtrl = (HWND)lParam;
int nCode = HIWORD(wParam);
// set m_nModalResult to ID of button, whenever button is clicked
if (hWndCtrl != NULL && nCode == BN_CLICKED)
{
if (::SendMessage(hWndCtrl, WM_GETDLGCODE, 0, 0) &
(DLGC_BUTTON|DLGC_DEFPUSHBUTTON))
{
LONG lStyle = ::GetWindowLong(hWndCtrl, GWL_STYLE) & 0x0F;
if (lStyle == BS_PUSHBUTTON || lStyle == BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON ||
lStyle == BS_USERBUTTON || lStyle == BS_OWNERDRAW)
{
if (nID == IDOK)
{
if (YOU_WANT_TO_CLOSE_THE_PROPERTY_SHEET)
{
// do whatever you want before closing the property page
// You dont have to assign nID to
// m_nModalResult. If you want to
// return IDOK or IDCANCEL instead of
// the default return value,
// you can do it by assigning IDOK or
// IDCANCEL to m_nModalResult
m_nModalResult = nID;
}
else
{
// do whatever you want.
return TRUE;
}
}
else if (nID == ID_APPLY_NOW)
{
if (YOU_WANT_TO_CLOSE_THE_PROPERTY_SHEET)
{
// do whatever you want before
// closing the property page
// You dont have to assign nID to
// m_nModalResult. If you want to
// return IDOK or IDCANCEL instead
// of the default return value,
// you can do it by assigning IDOK or
// IDCANCEL to m_nModalResult
m_nModalResult = nID;
}
else
{
// do whatever you want.
return TRUE;
}
}
else if (nID == IDCANCEL)
{
if (YOU_WANT_TO_CLOSE_THE_PROPERTY_SHEET)
{
// do whatever you want before
// closing the property page
// You dont have to assign nID to
// m_nModalResult. If you want to
// return IDOK or IDCANCEL instead
// of the default return value,
// you can do it by assigning IDOK or
// IDCANCEL to m_nModalResult
m_nModalResult = nID;
}
else
{
// do whatever you want.
return TRUE;
}
}
}
}
}
return FALSE;
}
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