SAMPLE: SCLBLDLG - Demonstrates Scaleable Controls in Dialog

• Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 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
  

SUMMARY

In certain circumstances it is desirable to dynamically scale the controls in a dialog box to the size of the dialog box window. SCLBLDLG.EXE is a file in the Microsoft Software Library that contains sample code implementing scaleable controls in a dialog box.

SCLBLDLG can be downloaded as 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 SCLBLDLG.EXE (size: 29032 bytes) 
  

• Internet (anonymous FTP)

        ftp ftp.microsoft.com
        Change to the \SOFTLIB\MSLFILES directory
        Get SCLBLDLG.EXE (size: 29032 bytes) 
  

MORE INFORMATION

To accomplish scaleable controls in a dialog box, the following messages are processed:

   WM_INITDIALOG - To store original dimensions of the dialog box and all
   its controls, together with the font the dialog box uses. The original
   dimensions are stored using SetProp() in this sample. The font handle is
   stored in a static variable to be used with in WM_SIZE.

   WM_SIZE - To calculate the scaling factor, and then scale up or down the
   font and all the controls in the dialog box.

   WM_GETMINMAXINFO - To set the minimum size of the dialog box so the
   controls are not truncated.

   WM_COMMAND - To clean up when closing the dialog box. RemoveProp() is
   called to remove the stored dimensions from the property list of the
   dialog box window and all its child control windows.