SAMPLE: Creating the Default Border Around a Push Button

 Last reviewed: July 22, 1997
Article ID: Q48713
3.00 3.10 WINDOWS kbprg kbfile

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows versions 3.0 and 3.1

SUMMARY

There is a file named DEFBTN in the Microsoft Software Library that demonstrates the correct message sequence to change the status of a push button from the "normal" state to the "default" state. The default push button receives a message when the ENTER key is choosen in a dialog box, no matter which control currently has the focus.

In the DEFBTN example, when a numeral button is pressed ("1", "2", or "3") the corresponding number button ("one", "two", or "three") becomes the default button.

Download DEFBTN.EXE, a self-extracting file, from the Microsoft Software Library (MSL) on the following services:

  • Microsoft Download Service (MSDL) 

          Dial (206) 936-6735 to connect to MSDL
      Download DEFBTN.EXE (size: 16797 bytes)
  • Internet (anonymous FTP) 

          ftp ftp.microsoft.com
      Change to the \SOFTLIB\MSLFILES directory
      Get DEFBTN.EXE (size: 16797 bytes)

For a button to be correctly activated by using an accelerator, it is necessary to subclass the button to process the focus messages. This is caused by the fact that accelerators bypass some steps in the message flow.

Additional reference words: 3.00 3.10 softlib DEFBTN.EXE
KBCategory: kbprg kbfile
KBSubcategory: UsrCtl
Keywords : kb16bitonly UsrCtl kbfile kbprg
Version : 3.00 3.10
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: July 22, 1997
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