SAMPLE: How to Use Three Different Styles of Property Sheets

ID: Q132919

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 3.51, 4.0
Microsoft Win32s version 1.30

SUMMARY

The PROPERTY sample code demonstrates how to use three different styles of property sheets: modal, modeless, and wizard.

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The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

 ~ PROPERTY.EXE (size: 22948 bytes)

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The main problem in dealing with a modeless property sheet is knowing when to destroy the property sheet. This is handled in the application's main message loop using the PSM_GETCURRENTPAGEHWND message (PropSheet_GetCurrentPageHwnd macro). PSM_GETCURRENTPAGEHWND returns NULL after the OK or Cancel buttons have been clicked (or the dialog box has been closed) and all of the pages have been notified. The application can then call DestroyWindow on the window handle that was returned from the PropertySheet call.

The sample also demonstrates how to use the PropSheetCallback function to modify the property sheet dialog box before or after it is created. The Wizard property sheet is modified to contain a system menu.

Additional query words: Windows 95 kbfile

Keywords          : kbSDKWin32 kbWin32s kbWinOS95 
Version           : 4.00 1.30 | 3.51
Platform          : NT WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: December 9, 1998