Dialog Box Frame Styles

 Last reviewed: November 2, 1995
Article ID: Q74334
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 3.0 and 3.1
  • Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API) included with: 

        - Microsoft Windows NT versions 3.5 and 3.51
    - Microsoft Windows 95 version 4.0

Dialog boxes can have either the WS_DLGFRAME or the WS_BORDER style. If a dialog box is created with both of these styles, it will have a caption bar instead of the expected frame and border. This is because WS_BORDER | WS_DLGFRAME is equal to WS_CAPTION.

To create a dialog box with a modal dialog frame and a caption, use DS_MODALFRAME combined with WS_CAPTION.

Additional reference words: 3.00 3.10 3.50 3.51 4.00 95
KBCategory: kbui
KBSubcategory: UsrDlgs

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Last reviewed: November 2, 1995
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